Data and analytics MCP servers let AI assistants query data warehouses, generate charts, run statistical analyses, and interact with BI tools like Metabase, Looker, and Redash — turning natural-language questions into actionable business insights. Data analysts use them to speed up ad-hoc reporting by describing the chart or table they need rather than writing pandas or SQL from scratch. They pair particularly well with database MCP servers to create end-to-end data workflows driven entirely by conversation.