Lakehouse

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Google Cloud's open lakehouse storage engine (formerly BigLake): Apache Iceberg tables on Cloud Storage with a runtime catalog, fine-grained security and unified access from BigQuery, Spark and other engines.

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USMountain View, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACCNEEAEUUKUSOther44 regions across 7 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 1 sovereign-flagged region available

Sub-services (3)

Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg tables

Managed Iceberg tables on Cloud Storage written and optimised by BigQuery

Lakehouse runtime catalog

Shared metastore exposing an Iceberg REST interface to Spark and other engines

External Iceberg tables

Read-only access to Iceberg tables managed by other engines

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

44 regions
29 countries
1sovereign
Sovereign regions (1)
  • T-Systems Sovereign Cloud · FrankfurtT-Systems Sovereign Cloud powered by Google Cloud
Commercial regions (43)

Europe (13)

  • Belgium
  • Finland
  • Paris
  • Berlin
  • Frankfurt
  • Milan
  • Turin
  • Netherlands
  • Warsaw
  • Madrid
  • Stockholm
  • Zurich
  • London

North America (12)

  • Montréal
  • Toronto
  • Querétaro
  • Northern Virginia
  • Columbus
  • Iowa
  • Dallas
  • Las Vegas
  • Los Angeles
  • South Carolina
  • Salt Lake City
  • Oregon

South America (2)

  • São Paulo
  • Santiago

Asia (10)

  • Hong Kong
  • Delhi
  • Mumbai
  • Jakarta
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo
  • Singapore
  • Seoul
  • Taiwan
  • Bangkok

Oceania (2)

  • Melbourne
  • Sydney

Middle East (3)

  • Tel Aviv
  • Doha
  • Dammam

Africa (1)

  • Johannesburg

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Pricing

Pricing model:pay-as-you-go