Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-283 · dossier edition · 27 September 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

data platform migration · completed

Centrica transitions its on-premises Hadoop data platform to Azure HDInsight

Microsoft states that Centrica transitioned its bounded on-premises Hadoop data platform to Azure PaaS and Azure HDInsight.

Organisation
Centrica, United Kingdom
Predecessor
the source-described on-premises Hadoop data platform
Destination
Azure PaaS with Azure HDInsight supporting the migrated production jobs and cloud data platform
Workload
Microsoft Azure HDInsight
Stage
completed
Evidence boundary: The source proves the bounded Hadoop-platform transition. It does not prove retirement of every Centrica data system or disclose an exact private cutover day; this is distinct from Centrica's later Fabric, Power Platform and SAP families.

Verified platform change

Microsoft states that Centrica transitioned its bounded on-premises Hadoop data platform to Azure PaaS and Azure HDInsight.

Transition

From: the source-described on-premises Hadoop data platform

To: Azure PaaS with Azure HDInsight supporting the migrated production jobs and cloud data platform

Known unknowns

The source proves the bounded Hadoop-platform transition. It does not prove retirement of every Centrica data system or disclose an exact private cutover day; this is distinct from Centrica's later Fabric, Power Platform and SAP families.

Official sources

  1. Centrica builds a cloud data platform with Azure HDInsight and Power BI — 2024-02-12