TLDR Tech / DevOps
Predictive Optimization at Scale: A Year of Innovation and What's Next
Databricks' Predictive Optimization feature is now enabled by default for all new Unity Catalog managed tables after managing millions of production tables throughout 2025, delivering up to 22% faster queries and significantly reduced storage costs through automated maintenance. The company is expanding the feature in 2026 with Auto-TTL for automated row deletion based on time-to-live policies and a new Data Governance Hub dashboard that shows storage cost savings and optimization metrics.
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