The concept of treating data as a product is becoming increasingly important for organizations to lower costs and maximize efficiency by democratizing access to data across business units. A data mesh architecture organizes and distributes data from operational sources into business domain-specific data lakes, but the challenge lies in reducing complexity and speeding time to insight. The more operational databases and systems that are in play, the more complicated the mesh becomes, leading to a slower pace of real-time analysis and utilization. To overcome this, organizations need a solution that can reduce data sprawl, connect insights from analytic systems back into operational systems, and provide instant operational insights. This is where multi-model NoSQL databases like Couchbase Capella come in, offering features such as caching, JSON document storage, SQL support, search, eventing, and mobile sync to simplify the data mesh and accelerate development.