# Project Teleport: Cost-Effective and Scalable Kafka Data Processing at Block

DevFeed: [Project Teleport: Cost-Effective and Scalable Kafka Data Processing at Block](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/project-teleport-cost-effective-and-scalable-kafka-data-processing-at-block-29015.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://code.cash.app/project-teleport>)

Author: Unni Krishnan

Published: 2025-03-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cash App Code Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cash-app-code-blog.md>)

Topics: [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-processing.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [data lake](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-lake.md>), [Apache Spark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spark.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/parquet.md>), [Amazon Redshift](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-redshift.md>)

Tags: [acquisition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/acquisition.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-lake](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-lake.md>), [data-processing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-processing.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/databricks.md>), [delta-lake](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/delta-lake.md>), [emr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emr.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [parquet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/parquet.md>), [pipelines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipelines.md>), [redshift](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redshift.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [scale](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scale.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

Project Teleport is Block's cross-region Kafka data-processing system for integrating Afterpay's Sydney-hosted data lake into Block's US-based ecosystem. Built with Delta Lake, Spark on Databricks, and object storage, it supports migration of legacy pipelines and reduced cloud egress costs by USD 540,000 per year.

## Source excerpt

Teleport achieves efficient and reliable cross-region Kafka data processing at scale. Using this approach, Afterpay data team reduced cloud egress costs by USD 540,000 per year.