The short answer
A charge from DATABRICKS* LAKEHOUSE corresponds to Databricks Lakehouse Platform compute units (DBUs), Apache Spark clusters, or AI model training from Databricks, Inc.
Why it shows up like this
A line item marked DATABRICKS* LAKEHOUSE represents fees for Databricks Lakehouse Compute & DBU Usage, provided by Databricks, Inc. Databricks delivers a cloud platform designed for large-scale data engineering and machine learning workloads. When your credit card or corporate bank statement shows descriptors like DATABRICKS* LAKEHOUSE, DATABRICKS INC, or DATABRICKS CLOUD, your organization has an active pay-as-you-go workspace or self-service subscription running on cloud infrastructure.
This charge appears because Databricks bills on a consumption basis using Databricks Units (DBUs), which measure processing capacity per hour. If a data engineer spins up an automated pipeline, runs serverless SQL queries, or trains an AI model, the platform meters the processing time and bills the card on file. Databricks charges for its Lakehouse software tier separately from your cloud provider (such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure), which invoices independently for underlying virtual machines.
To investigate or stop these charges, an organization administrator must sign in to the Databricks Account Console at accounts.cloud.databricks.com. Check the Usage tab to inspect consumption trends across specific workspaces and clusters. You can halt future billing immediately by setting auto-termination timers on idle Spark clusters or stopping serverless SQL endpoints.
Don’t recognize it? Common scenarios
- A data engineering team executed scheduled ETL Spark pipelines or Unity Catalog queries.
- Serverless SQL warehouses or Mosaic AI model training jobs consumed DBUs.
- Monthly self-service credit card billing billed for consumed compute.
How to locate the invoice and cancel
- Sign in to Databricks Account Console Go to accounts.cloud.databricks.com and log in with your admin credentials.
- Review Usage & Invoices review to Usage to see real-time DBU consumption by workspace, cluster, and user.
- Terminate Idle Compute Configure auto-termination on all Spark clusters and stop serverless SQL endpoints to halt charges.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Databricks Unit (DBU)?
A DBU is a normalized unit of processing capability per hour used to meter Databricks compute consumption across cloud providers.
Why do I see charges on both Databricks and AWS/Azure?
Databricks bills for the Lakehouse software (DBUs), while your underlying cloud provider bills separately for the EC2/VM compute infrastructure.
Dispute Rights & Fraud Prevention
If your corporate card was charged without authorization or you do not maintain an engineering relationship with Databricks, contact Databricks billing support to flag the account. Cardholders can also dispute unauthorized merchant transactions directly through their issuing bank under commercial or consumer card protection guidelines.
Independent reference — not affiliated with Databricks, Inc.. Billing names and policies change; verify with the merchant or your bank before acting.
Verified sources
Every claim on this page is checked against official sources — open them to confirm before you call your bank.
- Databricks Pricing and DBU Rates https://www.databricks.com
- CFPB: Disputing Unrecognized Charges https://www.consumerfinance.gov
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