EMQ and ClickHouse: Real-time, AI-assisted analytics at the industrial edge

EMQ leverages ClickHouse Cloud to enhance real-time analytics for its MQTT-based industrial IoT platform, serving over 1,000 enterprise customers and connecting more than 250 million devices worldwide. Through a ClickHouse-based data pipeline, EMQ connects edge devices to cloud dashboards, facilitating high-throughput data ingestion and sub-second query capabilities. EMQ's flagship product, EMQX, is a scalable MQTT broker designed for low-latency, high-concurrency environments, enabling efficient data delivery from edge to cloud. The integration with ClickHouse supports real-time insights and flexible data analysis by utilizing AI-powered observability tools to troubleshoot issues and query live data with natural language. This setup allows for seamless data flow from industrial devices to analytics platforms, ultimately empowering operators to run smarter, more responsive operations and paving the way for future intelligent, data-driven factories.