diff --git a/.changeset/stale-chairs-look.md b/.changeset/stale-chairs-look.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75a277901a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stale-chairs-look.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-node': patch
+---
+
+Update Azure file retrieval logic from storing file in buffer array to piping to res for better memory efficiency.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
index 83e707fd54..3b5e8d5632 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import request from 'supertest';
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { AzureBlobStoragePublish } from './azureBlobStorage';
-import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import {
   BlobUploadCommonResponse,
   ContainerGetPropertiesResponse,
@@ -62,20 +61,13 @@ jest.mock('@azure/storage-blob', () => {
     }
 
     download() {
-      const emitter = new EventEmitter();
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (fs.pathExistsSync(mockDir.resolve(this.blobName))) {
-          emitter.emit('data', fs.readFileSync(mockDir.resolve(this.blobName)));
-          emitter.emit('end');
-        } else {
-          emitter.emit(
-            'error',
-            new Error(`The file ${this.blobName} does not exist!`),
-          );
-        }
-      }, 0);
+      if (!fs.pathExistsSync(mockDir.resolve(this.blobName))) {
+        return Promise.reject(
+          new Error(`The file ${this.blobName} does not exist!`),
+        );
+      }
       return Promise.resolve({
-        readableStreamBody: emitter,
+        readableStreamBody: fs.createReadStream(mockDir.resolve(this.blobName)),
       });
     }
   }
@@ -211,6 +203,7 @@ jest.mock('@azure/storage-blob', () => {
     __esModule: true,
     BlobServiceClient,
     StorageSharedKeyCredential,
+    BlockBlobClient,
   };
 });
 
@@ -572,5 +565,31 @@ describe('AzureBlobStoragePublish', () => {
         'File Not Found',
       );
     });
+
+    it('should handle stream pipe errors', async () => {
+      // Get BlockBlobClient from the mock module and replace the download method with a failing one
+      const { BlockBlobClient } = jest.requireMock('@azure/storage-blob');
+      const originalDownload = BlockBlobClient.prototype.download;
+      BlockBlobClient.prototype.download = function () {
+        return Promise.resolve({
+          readableStreamBody: {
+            pipe: () => {
+              throw new Error('Pipe operation failed');
+            },
+          },
+        });
+      };
+
+      const response = await request(app).get(
+        `/${entityTripletPath}/index.html`,
+      );
+
+      BlockBlobClient.prototype.download = originalDownload;
+
+      expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+      expect(Buffer.from(response.text).toString('utf8')).toEqual(
+        'File Not Found',
+      );
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
index 863a4fc533..9d257312dd 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-node/src/stages/publish/azureBlobStorage.ts
@@ -286,32 +286,6 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
     return { objects };
   }
 
-  private download(containerName: string, blobPath: string): Promise<Buffer> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const fileStreamChunks: Array<any> = [];
-      this.storageClient
-        .getContainerClient(containerName)
-        .getBlockBlobClient(blobPath)
-        .download()
-        .then(res => {
-          const body = res.readableStreamBody;
-          if (!body) {
-            reject(new Error(`Unable to parse the response data`));
-            return;
-          }
-          body
-            .on('error', reject)
-            .on('data', chunk => {
-              fileStreamChunks.push(chunk);
-            })
-            .on('end', () => {
-              resolve(Buffer.concat(fileStreamChunks));
-            });
-        })
-        .catch(reject);
-    });
-  }
-
   async fetchTechDocsMetadata(
     entityName: CompoundEntityRef,
   ): Promise<TechDocsMetadata> {
@@ -321,10 +295,30 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
       : lowerCaseEntityTriplet(entityTriplet);
 
     try {
-      const techdocsMetadataJson = await this.download(
-        this.containerName,
-        `${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json`,
-      );
+      const techdocsMetadataJson = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const fileStreamChunks: Array<any> = [];
+        this.storageClient
+          .getContainerClient(this.containerName)
+          .getBlockBlobClient(`${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json`)
+          .download()
+          .then(res => {
+            const body = res.readableStreamBody;
+            if (!body) {
+              reject(new Error(`Unable to parse the response data`));
+              return;
+            }
+            body
+              .on('error', reject)
+              .on('data', chunk => {
+                fileStreamChunks.push(chunk);
+              })
+              .on('end', () => {
+                resolve(Buffer.concat(fileStreamChunks));
+              });
+          })
+          .catch(reject);
+      });
+
       if (!techdocsMetadataJson) {
         throw new Error(
           `Unable to parse the techdocs metadata file ${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json.`,
@@ -356,21 +350,33 @@ export class AzureBlobStoragePublish implements PublisherBase {
       const fileExtension = platformPath.extname(filePath);
       const responseHeaders = getHeadersForFileExtension(fileExtension);
 
-      this.download(this.containerName, filePath)
-        .then(fileContent => {
-          // Inject response headers
+      const blobClient = this.storageClient
+        .getContainerClient(this.containerName)
+        .getBlockBlobClient(filePath);
+
+      blobClient
+        .download()
+        .then(downloadRes => {
+          if (!downloadRes.readableStreamBody) {
+            throw new Error('Unable to parse the response data');
+          }
+          // Set headers after confirming file exists and can be downloaded
           for (const [headerKey, headerValue] of Object.entries(
             responseHeaders,
           )) {
             res.setHeader(headerKey, headerValue);
           }
-          res.send(fileContent);
+          downloadRes.readableStreamBody.pipe(res);
         })
         .catch(e => {
           this.logger.warn(
             `TechDocs Azure router failed to serve content from container ${this.containerName} at path ${filePath}: ${e.message}`,
           );
-          res.status(404).send('File Not Found');
+          if (!res.headersSent) {
+            res.status(404).send('File Not Found');
+          } else {
+            res.destroy();
+          }
         });
     };
   }