Why We Built InfluxDB 3's Query Engine on Apache DataFusion

Session Date: May 26, 2026
Time: 8:00am (PT) | 3:00pm (GMT)

In this live demo, we show how DataFusion powers InfluxDB 3’s query layer. Built on the modern FDAP stack (Flight, DataFusion, Arrow, and Parquet), InfluxDB delivers high-performance SQL queries, full JOIN support, and a continuously improving engine shaped by the broader open -source community. No proprietary query planner. No single-vendor bottleneck. No reinventing the wheel.

What we’ll cover:

• Live technical demo: DataFusion powering InfluxDB 3 queries, including JOINs, aggregations, and high-cardinality workloads.
• The ecosystem advantage: How investing in shared open -source infrastructure delivers outsized returns for InfluxDB customers.
• What’s new: Recent DataFusion releases and what they mean for your InfluxDB query performance.

Andrew Lamb

After spending many years as C/C++ systems programmer (databases and compilers), and a stint working on Machine Learning startups (as one does), Andrew now works at InfluxData with Paul Dix and a talented team of engineers on InfluxDB IOx, a new engine for time series data.