diff --git a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
index 185bcaf4854375..dead2fa6f8c958 100644
--- a/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/developer/plugin-list.asciidoc
@@ -366,6 +366,10 @@ and actions.
 |The features plugin enhance Kibana with a per-feature privilege system.
 
 
+|{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/x-pack/plugins/file_upload[fileUpload]
+|WARNING: Missing README.
+
+
 |{kib-repo}blob/{branch}/x-pack/plugins/fleet/README.md[fleet]
 |Fleet needs to have Elasticsearch API keys enabled, and also to have TLS enabled on kibana, (if you want to run Kibana without TLS you can provide the following config flag --xpack.fleet.agents.tlsCheckDisabled=false)
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/file_datavisualizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/constants.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/common/constants/file_datavisualizer.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/constants.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6c1725d61c0597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export * from './constants';
+export * from './types';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..229983f1c535af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/common/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+export interface ImportResponse {
+  success: boolean;
+  id: string;
+  index?: string;
+  pipelineId?: string;
+  docCount: number;
+  failures: ImportFailure[];
+  error?: any;
+  ingestError?: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface ImportFailure {
+  item: number;
+  reason: string;
+  doc: ImportDoc;
+}
+
+export interface Doc {
+  message: string;
+}
+
+export type ImportDoc = Doc | string;
+
+export interface Settings {
+  pipeline?: string;
+  index: string;
+  body: any[];
+  [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+export interface Mappings {
+  _meta?: {
+    created_by: string;
+  };
+  properties: {
+    [key: string]: any;
+  };
+}
+
+export interface IngestPipelineWrapper {
+  id: string;
+  pipeline: IngestPipeline;
+}
+
+export interface IngestPipeline {
+  description: string;
+  processors: any[];
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/jest.config.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6a042a4cc5c1e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  preset: '@kbn/test',
+  rootDir: '../../..',
+  roots: ['<rootDir>/x-pack/plugins/file_upload'],
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7ca024174ec6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/kibana.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "id": "fileUpload",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
+  "kibanaVersion": "kibana",
+  "server": true,
+  "ui": false,
+  "requiredPlugins": ["usageCollection"]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/error_wrapper.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/error_wrapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fb41d30e34faeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/error_wrapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { boomify, isBoom } from '@hapi/boom';
+import { ResponseError, CustomHttpResponseOptions } from 'kibana/server';
+
+export function wrapError(error: any): CustomHttpResponseOptions<ResponseError> {
+  const boom = isBoom(error)
+    ? error
+    : boomify(error, { statusCode: error.status ?? error.statusCode });
+  const statusCode = boom.output.statusCode;
+  return {
+    body: {
+      message: boom,
+      ...(statusCode !== 500 && error.body ? { attributes: { body: error.body } } : {}),
+    },
+    headers: boom.output.headers as { [key: string]: string },
+    statusCode,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/import_data.ts
similarity index 95%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/import_data.ts
index 26dba7c2f00c14..1eb495d6570c2f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/import_data.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/import_data.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@
  */
 
 import { IScopedClusterClient } from 'kibana/server';
-import { INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY } from '../../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
+import { INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY } from '../common/constants';
 import {
   ImportResponse,
   ImportFailure,
   Settings,
   Mappings,
   IngestPipelineWrapper,
-} from '../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
-import { InputData } from './file_data_visualizer';
+} from '../common';
+
+export type InputData = any[];
 
 export function importDataProvider({ asCurrentUser }: IScopedClusterClient) {
   async function importData(
-    id: string,
+    id: string | undefined,
     index: string,
     settings: Settings,
     mappings: Mappings,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export function importDataProvider({ asCurrentUser }: IScopedClusterClient) {
     } catch (error) {
       return {
         success: false,
-        id,
+        id: id!,
         index: createdIndex,
         pipelineId: createdPipelineId,
         error: error.body !== undefined ? error.body : error,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..44a208b7924bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { FileUploadPlugin } from './plugin';
+
+export const plugin = () => new FileUploadPlugin();
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eea3239e52d1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from 'src/core/server';
+import { fileUploadRoutes } from './routes';
+import { initFileUploadTelemetry } from './telemetry';
+import { UsageCollectionSetup } from '../../../../src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
+
+interface SetupDeps {
+  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup;
+}
+
+export class FileUploadPlugin implements Plugin {
+  async setup(coreSetup: CoreSetup, plugins: SetupDeps) {
+    fileUploadRoutes(coreSetup.http.createRouter());
+
+    initFileUploadTelemetry(coreSetup, plugins.usageCollection);
+  }
+
+  start(core: CoreStart) {}
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c98f413caba643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/routes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { IRouter, IScopedClusterClient } from 'kibana/server';
+import { MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES, IngestPipelineWrapper, Mappings, Settings } from '../common';
+import { wrapError } from './error_wrapper';
+import { InputData, importDataProvider } from './import_data';
+
+import { updateTelemetry } from './telemetry';
+import { importFileBodySchema, importFileQuerySchema } from './schemas';
+
+function importData(
+  client: IScopedClusterClient,
+  id: string | undefined,
+  index: string,
+  settings: Settings,
+  mappings: Mappings,
+  ingestPipeline: IngestPipelineWrapper,
+  data: InputData
+) {
+  const { importData: importDataFunc } = importDataProvider(client);
+  return importDataFunc(id, index, settings, mappings, ingestPipeline, data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Routes for the file upload.
+ */
+export function fileUploadRoutes(router: IRouter) {
+  /**
+   * @apiGroup FileDataVisualizer
+   *
+   * @api {post} /api/file_upload/import Import file data
+   * @apiName ImportFile
+   * @apiDescription Imports file data into elasticsearch index.
+   *
+   * @apiSchema (query) importFileQuerySchema
+   * @apiSchema (body) importFileBodySchema
+   */
+  router.post(
+    {
+      path: '/api/file_upload/import',
+      validate: {
+        query: importFileQuerySchema,
+        body: importFileBodySchema,
+      },
+      options: {
+        body: {
+          accepts: ['application/json'],
+          maxBytes: MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES,
+        },
+        tags: ['access:ml:canFindFileStructure'],
+      },
+    },
+    async (context, request, response) => {
+      try {
+        const { id } = request.query;
+        const { index, data, settings, mappings, ingestPipeline } = request.body;
+
+        // `id` being `undefined` tells us that this is a new import due to create a new index.
+        // follow-up import calls to just add additional data will include the `id` of the created
+        // index, we'll ignore those and don't increment the counter.
+        if (id === undefined) {
+          await updateTelemetry();
+        }
+
+        const result = await importData(
+          context.core.elasticsearch.client,
+          id,
+          index,
+          settings,
+          mappings,
+          // @ts-expect-error
+          ingestPipeline,
+          data
+        );
+        return response.ok({ body: result });
+      } catch (e) {
+        return response.customError(wrapError(e));
+      }
+    }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/schemas.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/schemas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..79db26cdb8c05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/schemas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+
+export const importFileQuerySchema = schema.object({
+  id: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+});
+
+export const importFileBodySchema = schema.object({
+  index: schema.string(),
+  data: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
+  settings: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+  /** Mappings */
+  mappings: schema.any(),
+  /** Ingest pipeline definition */
+  ingestPipeline: schema.object({
+    id: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
+    pipeline: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
+  }),
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
similarity index 82%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/index.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
index b5ec80daf17878..92d8ab425a7731 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/index.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-export { initMlTelemetry } from './ml_usage_collector';
+export { initFileUploadTelemetry } from './usage_collector';
 export { updateTelemetry } from './telemetry';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/internal_repository.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/internal_repository.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/internal_repository.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/internal_repository.ts
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/mappings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/mappings.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts
index 5aaf9f8c79dc0a..3d22bcb4162fd9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/mappings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/mappings.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
 import { SavedObjectsType } from 'src/core/server';
 import { TELEMETRY_DOC_ID } from './telemetry';
 
-export const mlTelemetryMappingsType: SavedObjectsType = {
+export const telemetryMappingsType: SavedObjectsType = {
   name: TELEMETRY_DOC_ID,
   hidden: false,
   namespaceType: 'agnostic',
   mappings: {
     properties: {
-      file_data_visualizer: {
+      file_upload: {
         properties: {
           index_creation_count: {
             type: 'long',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
index f41c4fda93a54f..2ad36338f49283 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('ml plugin telemetry', () => {
     it('should update existing telemetry', async () => {
       const internalRepo = mockInit({
         attributes: {
-          file_data_visualizer: {
+          file_upload: {
             index_creation_count: 2,
           },
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts
similarity index 89%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts
index 06577d69371019..aac45d5d0f8713 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/telemetry.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/telemetry.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import { ISavedObjectsRepository } from 'kibana/server';
 
 import { getInternalRepository } from './internal_repository';
 
-export const TELEMETRY_DOC_ID = 'ml-telemetry';
+export const TELEMETRY_DOC_ID = 'file-upload-usage-collection-telemetry';
 
 export interface Telemetry {
-  file_data_visualizer: {
+  file_upload: {
     index_creation_count: number;
   };
 }
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface TelemetrySavedObject {
 
 export function initTelemetry(): Telemetry {
   return {
-    file_data_visualizer: {
+    file_upload: {
       index_creation_count: 0,
     },
   };
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export async function updateTelemetry(internalRepo?: ISavedObjectsRepository) {
 
 function incrementCounts(telemetry: Telemetry) {
   return {
-    file_data_visualizer: {
-      index_creation_count: telemetry.file_data_visualizer.index_creation_count + 1,
+    file_upload: {
+      index_creation_count: telemetry.file_upload.index_creation_count + 1,
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/ml_usage_collector.ts b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/usage_collector.ts
similarity index 62%
rename from x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/ml_usage_collector.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/usage_collector.ts
index 35c6936598c406..4a1334ef53d951 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/telemetry/ml_usage_collector.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/server/telemetry/usage_collector.ts
@@ -8,23 +8,26 @@ import { CoreSetup } from 'kibana/server';
 
 import { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
 import { getTelemetry, initTelemetry, Telemetry } from './telemetry';
-import { mlTelemetryMappingsType } from './mappings';
+import { telemetryMappingsType } from './mappings';
 import { setInternalRepository } from './internal_repository';
 
-export function initMlTelemetry(coreSetup: CoreSetup, usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup) {
-  coreSetup.savedObjects.registerType(mlTelemetryMappingsType);
-  registerMlUsageCollector(usageCollection);
+export function initFileUploadTelemetry(
+  coreSetup: CoreSetup,
+  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup
+) {
+  coreSetup.savedObjects.registerType(telemetryMappingsType);
+  registerUsageCollector(usageCollection);
   coreSetup.getStartServices().then(([core]) => {
     setInternalRepository(core.savedObjects.createInternalRepository);
   });
 }
 
-function registerMlUsageCollector(usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup): void {
-  const mlUsageCollector = usageCollection.makeUsageCollector<Telemetry>({
-    type: 'mlTelemetry',
+function registerUsageCollector(usageCollectionSetup: UsageCollectionSetup): void {
+  const usageCollector = usageCollectionSetup.makeUsageCollector<Telemetry>({
+    type: 'fileUpload',
     isReady: () => true,
     schema: {
-      file_data_visualizer: {
+      file_upload: {
         index_creation_count: { type: 'long' },
       },
     },
@@ -38,5 +41,5 @@ function registerMlUsageCollector(usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup): void {
     },
   });
 
-  usageCollection.registerCollector(mlUsageCollector);
+  usageCollectionSetup.registerCollector(usageCollector);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f985a4599d5fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "./target/types",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true
+  },
+  "include": ["common/**/*", "public/**/*", "server/**/*"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../../../src/core/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "../../../src/plugins/usage_collection/tsconfig.json" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
index 28cdb602455b52..14d02ce881cda6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/public/util/indexing_service.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ async function writeToIndex(indexingDetails) {
   const { appName, index, data, settings, mappings, ingestPipeline } = indexingDetails;
 
   return await httpService({
-    url: `/api/fileupload/import`,
+    url: `/api/maps/fileupload/import`,
     method: 'POST',
     ...(query ? { query } : {}),
     data: {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
index 3935d4ca5fe8ef..0323f23a51df55 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps_file_upload/server/routes/file_upload.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { updateTelemetry } from '../telemetry/telemetry';
 import { MAX_BYTES } from '../../common/constants/file_import';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 
-export const IMPORT_ROUTE = '/api/fileupload/import';
+export const IMPORT_ROUTE = '/api/maps/fileupload/import';
 
 export const querySchema = schema.maybe(
   schema.object({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
index b1967cfe83f3c0..8ba30111c4c8c1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/file_datavisualizer.ts
@@ -68,52 +68,3 @@ export interface FindFileStructureResponse {
   timestamp_field?: string;
   should_trim_fields?: boolean;
 }
-
-export interface ImportResponse {
-  success: boolean;
-  id: string;
-  index?: string;
-  pipelineId?: string;
-  docCount: number;
-  failures: ImportFailure[];
-  error?: any;
-  ingestError?: boolean;
-}
-
-export interface ImportFailure {
-  item: number;
-  reason: string;
-  doc: ImportDoc;
-}
-
-export interface Doc {
-  message: string;
-}
-
-export type ImportDoc = Doc | string;
-
-export interface Settings {
-  pipeline?: string;
-  index: string;
-  body: any[];
-  [key: string]: any;
-}
-
-export interface Mappings {
-  _meta?: {
-    created_by: string;
-  };
-  properties: {
-    [key: string]: any;
-  };
-}
-
-export interface IngestPipelineWrapper {
-  id: string;
-  pipeline: IngestPipeline;
-}
-
-export interface IngestPipeline {
-  description: string;
-  processors: any[];
-}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
index 1c47512e0b3de0..ede6b8abbd09c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/kibana.json
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
     "data",
     "cloud",
     "features",
+    "fileUpload",
     "licensing",
-    "usageCollection",
     "share",
     "embeddable",
     "uiActions",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/combined_fields/utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/combined_fields/utils.ts
index 1cc513e778b2f6..25d5373b6dc7c9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/combined_fields/utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/combined_fields/utils.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
 import { CombinedField } from './types';
-import {
-  FindFileStructureResponse,
-  IngestPipeline,
-  Mappings,
-} from '../../../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { FindFileStructureResponse } from '../../../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { IngestPipeline, Mappings } from '../../../../../../../file_upload/common';
 
 const COMMON_LAT_NAMES = ['latitude', 'lat'];
 const COMMON_LON_NAMES = ['longitude', 'long', 'lon'];
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/file_datavisualizer_view/file_error_callouts.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/file_datavisualizer_view/file_error_callouts.tsx
index d869676e488276..0c853493293cab 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/file_datavisualizer_view/file_error_callouts.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/file_datavisualizer_view/file_error_callouts.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { EuiCallOut, EuiSpacer, EuiButtonEmpty, EuiHorizontalRule } from '@elast
 
 import numeral from '@elastic/numeral';
 import { ErrorResponse } from '../../../../../../common/types/errors';
-import { FILE_SIZE_DISPLAY_FORMAT } from '../../../../../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
+import { FILE_SIZE_DISPLAY_FORMAT } from '../../../../../../../file_upload/common';
 
 interface FileTooLargeProps {
   fileSize: number;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/importer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/importer.ts
index 718587ad15ad58..ab0e83846661fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/importer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/importer.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   Mappings,
   Settings,
   IngestPipeline,
-} from '../../../../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+} from '../../../../../../../../file_upload/common';
 
 const CHUNK_SIZE = 5000;
 const MAX_CHUNK_CHAR_COUNT = 1000000;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/message_importer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/message_importer.ts
index 65be24d9e7be4a..a74249ea758a8d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/message_importer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/import_view/importer/message_importer.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@
  */
 
 import { Importer, ImportConfig, CreateDocsResponse } from './importer';
-import {
-  Doc,
-  FindFileStructureResponse,
-} from '../../../../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { FindFileStructureResponse } from '../../../../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { Doc } from '../../../../../../../../file_upload/common';
 
 export class MessageImporter extends Importer {
   private _excludeLinesRegex: RegExp | null;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/utils/utils.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/utils/utils.ts
index 781f400180b107..ce15fb9a03fca0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/datavisualizer/file_based/components/utils/utils.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES,
   ABSOLUTE_MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES,
   FILE_SIZE_DISPLAY_FORMAT,
-} from '../../../../../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
+} from '../../../../../../../file_upload/common';
 import { getUiSettings } from '../../../../util/dependency_cache';
 import { FILE_DATA_VISUALIZER_MAX_FILE_SIZE } from '../../../../../../common/constants/settings';
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/datavisualizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/datavisualizer.ts
index 20332546d9cdec..27d9b78725befe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/datavisualizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/datavisualizer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { http } from '../http_service';
 
 import { basePath } from './index';
-import { ImportResponse } from '../../../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { ImportResponse } from '../../../../../file_upload/common';
 
 export const fileDatavisualizer = {
   analyzeFile(file: string, params: Record<string, string> = {}) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const fileDatavisualizer = {
     });
 
     return http<ImportResponse>({
-      path: `${basePath()}/file_data_visualizer/import`,
+      path: `/api/file_upload/import`,
       method: 'POST',
       query,
       body,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
index 3ba79e0eb9187b..ef3de1a5ce65c0 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/plugin.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import type {
   SharePluginStart,
   UrlGeneratorContract,
 } from 'src/plugins/share/public';
-import type { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
 import type { DataPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
 import type { HomePublicPluginSetup } from 'src/plugins/home/public';
 import type { IndexPatternManagementSetup } from 'src/plugins/index_pattern_management/public';
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ export interface MlSetupDependencies {
   security?: SecurityPluginSetup;
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;
   management?: ManagementSetup;
-  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup;
   licenseManagement?: LicenseManagementUIPluginSetup;
   home?: HomePublicPluginSetup;
   embeddable: EmbeddableSetup;
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ export class MlPlugin implements Plugin<MlPluginSetup, MlPluginStart> {
             security: pluginsSetup.security,
             licensing: pluginsSetup.licensing,
             management: pluginsSetup.management,
-            usageCollection: pluginsSetup.usageCollection,
             licenseManagement: pluginsSetup.licenseManagement,
             home: pluginsSetup.home,
             embeddable: { ...pluginsSetup.embeddable, ...pluginsStart.embeddable },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/register_settings.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/register_settings.ts
index 0cdaaadf7f172e..4db2f806334800 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/register_settings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/lib/register_settings.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   DEFAULT_AD_RESULTS_TIME_FILTER,
   DEFAULT_ENABLE_AD_RESULTS_TIME_FILTER,
 } from '../../common/constants/settings';
-import { MAX_FILE_SIZE } from '../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
+import { MAX_FILE_SIZE } from '../../../file_upload/common';
 
 export function registerKibanaSettings(coreSetup: CoreSetup) {
   coreSetup.uiSettings.register({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_frame_analytics/analytics_manager.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_frame_analytics/analytics_manager.ts
index ea41fb3ae427b8..3f9587749d33dc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_frame_analytics/analytics_manager.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_frame_analytics/analytics_manager.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   DataFrameAnalyticsStats,
   MapElements,
 } from '../../../common/types/data_frame_analytics';
-import { INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY } from '../../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
+import { INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY } from '../../../../file_upload/common';
 import { getAnalysisType } from '../../../common/util/analytics_utils';
 import {
   ExtendAnalyticsMapArgs,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/index.ts
index f8a27fdcd7e1ae..aa699694e52a31 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/file_data_visualizer/index.ts
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@
  */
 
 export { fileDataVisualizerProvider, InputData } from './file_data_visualizer';
-
-export { importDataProvider } from './import_data';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/plugin.ts
index e48983c1c53656..3c82f2131e25f3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/plugin.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { SpacesPluginSetup } from '../../spaces/server';
 import { PLUGIN_ID } from '../common/constants/app';
 import { MlCapabilities } from '../common/types/capabilities';
 
-import { initMlTelemetry } from './lib/telemetry';
 import { initMlServerLog } from './lib/log';
 import { initSampleDataSets } from './lib/sample_data_sets';
 
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ export class MlServerPlugin
     trainedModelsRoutes(routeInit);
 
     initMlServerLog({ log: this.log });
-    initMlTelemetry(coreSetup, plugins.usageCollection);
 
     return {
       ...createSharedServices(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/apidoc.json b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/apidoc.json
index 5dc9a3107af868..1b2eb612fda1c6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/apidoc.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/apidoc.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
     "FileDataVisualizer",
     "AnalyzeFile",
-    "ImportFile",
 
     "ResultsService",
     "GetAnomaliesTableData",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
index c4c449a9e2cb44..9ee19efef13f52 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/file_data_visualizer.ts
@@ -5,28 +5,13 @@
  */
 
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
-import { IScopedClusterClient } from 'kibana/server';
-import { MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES } from '../../common/constants/file_datavisualizer';
-import {
-  InputOverrides,
-  Settings,
-  IngestPipelineWrapper,
-  Mappings,
-} from '../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
+import { MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES } from '../../../file_upload/common';
+import { InputOverrides } from '../../common/types/file_datavisualizer';
 import { wrapError } from '../client/error_wrapper';
-import {
-  InputData,
-  fileDataVisualizerProvider,
-  importDataProvider,
-} from '../models/file_data_visualizer';
+import { InputData, fileDataVisualizerProvider } from '../models/file_data_visualizer';
 
 import { RouteInitialization } from '../types';
-import { updateTelemetry } from '../lib/telemetry';
-import {
-  analyzeFileQuerySchema,
-  importFileBodySchema,
-  importFileQuerySchema,
-} from './schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema';
+import { analyzeFileQuerySchema } from './schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema';
 import type { MlClient } from '../lib/ml_client';
 
 function analyzeFiles(mlClient: MlClient, data: InputData, overrides: InputOverrides) {
@@ -34,19 +19,6 @@ function analyzeFiles(mlClient: MlClient, data: InputData, overrides: InputOverr
   return analyzeFile(data, overrides);
 }
 
-function importData(
-  client: IScopedClusterClient,
-  id: string,
-  index: string,
-  settings: Settings,
-  mappings: Mappings,
-  ingestPipeline: IngestPipelineWrapper,
-  data: InputData
-) {
-  const { importData: importDataFunc } = importDataProvider(client);
-  return importDataFunc(id, index, settings, mappings, ingestPipeline, data);
-}
-
 /**
  * Routes for the file data visualizer.
  */
@@ -84,57 +56,4 @@ export function fileDataVisualizerRoutes({ router, routeGuard }: RouteInitializa
       }
     })
   );
-
-  /**
-   * @apiGroup FileDataVisualizer
-   *
-   * @api {post} /api/ml/file_data_visualizer/import Import file data
-   * @apiName ImportFile
-   * @apiDescription Imports file data into elasticsearch index.
-   *
-   * @apiSchema (query) importFileQuerySchema
-   * @apiSchema (body) importFileBodySchema
-   */
-  router.post(
-    {
-      path: '/api/ml/file_data_visualizer/import',
-      validate: {
-        query: importFileQuerySchema,
-        body: importFileBodySchema,
-      },
-      options: {
-        body: {
-          accepts: ['application/json'],
-          maxBytes: MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES,
-        },
-        tags: ['access:ml:canFindFileStructure'],
-      },
-    },
-    routeGuard.basicLicenseAPIGuard(async ({ client, request, response }) => {
-      try {
-        const { id } = request.query;
-        const { index, data, settings, mappings, ingestPipeline } = request.body;
-
-        // `id` being `undefined` tells us that this is a new import due to create a new index.
-        // follow-up import calls to just add additional data will include the `id` of the created
-        // index, we'll ignore those and don't increment the counter.
-        if (id === undefined) {
-          await updateTelemetry();
-        }
-
-        const result = await importData(
-          client,
-          id,
-          index,
-          settings,
-          mappings,
-          ingestPipeline,
-          data
-        );
-        return response.ok({ body: result });
-      } catch (e) {
-        return response.customError(wrapError(e));
-      }
-    })
-  );
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema.ts
index 9a80cf795cabfc..685f06f839ee38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/routes/schemas/file_data_visualizer_schema.ts
@@ -24,20 +24,3 @@ export const analyzeFileQuerySchema = schema.maybe(
     timestamp_format: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
   })
 );
-
-export const importFileQuerySchema = schema.object({
-  id: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
-});
-
-export const importFileBodySchema = schema.object({
-  index: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
-  data: schema.arrayOf(schema.any()),
-  settings: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
-  /** Mappings */
-  mappings: schema.any(),
-  /** Ingest pipeline definition */
-  ingestPipeline: schema.object({
-    id: schema.maybe(schema.string()),
-    pipeline: schema.maybe(schema.any()),
-  }),
-});
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/types.ts
index 780a4284312e71..f3e3ee22f38176 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/types.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
-import type { UsageCollectionSetup } from 'src/plugins/usage_collection/server';
 import type { HomeServerPluginSetup } from 'src/plugins/home/server';
 import type { IRouter } from 'kibana/server';
 import type { CloudSetup } from '../../cloud/server';
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ export interface PluginsSetup {
   licensing: LicensingPluginSetup;
   security?: SecurityPluginSetup;
   spaces?: SpacesPluginSetup;
-  usageCollection: UsageCollectionSetup;
 }
 
 export interface PluginsStart {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
index 881cb533bab485..c1674f8a926699 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/telemetry_collection_xpack/schema/xpack_plugins.json
@@ -1771,6 +1771,17 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "fileUpload": {
+      "properties": {
+        "file_upload": {
+          "properties": {
+            "index_creation_count": {
+              "type": "long"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "fleet": {
       "properties": {
         "agents_enabled": {
@@ -2308,17 +2319,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "mlTelemetry": {
-      "properties": {
-        "file_data_visualizer": {
-          "properties": {
-            "index_creation_count": {
-              "type": "long"
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "monitoring": {
       "properties": {
         "hasMonitoringData": {
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
index 48283b3ac27472..c0eed6e89b60ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "plugins/global_search_providers/**/*",
     "plugins/graph/**/*",
     "plugins/features/**/*",
+    "plugins/file_upload/**/*",
     "plugins/embeddable_enhanced/**/*",
     "plugins/event_log/**/*",
     "plugins/enterprise_search/**/*",
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/event_log/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/features/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },
diff --git a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
index 23b06040f3ec36..fe2d4873b7cec6 100644
--- a/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
+++ b/x-pack/tsconfig.refs.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     { "path": "./plugins/enterprise_search/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/event_log/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/features/tsconfig.json" },
+    { "path": "./plugins/file_upload/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_bar/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search_providers/tsconfig.json" },
     { "path": "./plugins/global_search/tsconfig.json" },