Building AI-Ready Data Infrastructure at Terabyte Scale with Terraform and Azure

Room 8Wed 13 May • 11:15–12:15Cloud & DevOpsIntermediate
Data is the fuel for modern AI, but without the right infrastructure, it turns into chaos: silos, security gaps, and unscalable architectures. In this session, you’ll learn how to build a resilient, AI-ready data platform in Azure that can handle terabytes of data from day one. Florian will walk you through deploying a fully automated Azure Data Landing Zone using Terraform modules. You’ll see how to seamlessly integrate and consistently provision critical services like Azure Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks, and Data Lake Storage, while Azure Policies enforce security and governance from the start. A real-world case study from one of Germany’s largest enterprises will demonstrate how this architecture works in practice, including implementation strategies, lessons learned, and proven best practices. By the end of the session, you’ll have a clear blueprint for building a scalable, secure, and AI-ready data infrastructure in Azure with Terraform as your automation engine.

About the speaker

Florian Lenz

Florian is a Microsoft MVP and expert for cloud-native and serverless solutions in Azure. He supports companies in optimising their cloud landscapes and building architectures that guarantee sustainable success. Florian not only imparts technical expertise, but also provides his customers with strategic support in order to achieve long-term goals and seamlessly integrate innovative solutions into existing processes. As a consultant, speaker and author, he shares his extensive knowledge of terraform, secure software development and cloud technologies and speaks at international conferences. He also passes on his knowledge via meetups and a YouTube channel on Azure, Cloud Infrastructure and Terraform.