Snowflake Apache Iceberg Tables

Name: Snowflake Apache Iceberg Tables
Brand: Snowflake

Open-format table support letting Snowflake query, write, and govern Apache Iceberg tables stored in customer-owned cloud storage — full Snowflake performance without vendor lock-in

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Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ

USBozeman, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations

APACEEAEUUKUSOther53 regions across 6 jurisdictions

Sovereign option

Yes — 5 sovereign-flagged regions available

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Sub-services (3)

Snowflake-managed Iceberg

Snowflake handles metadata and compaction in BYO-storage buckets

Externally-managed Iceberg

Read tables managed by AWS Glue, Databricks Unity Catalog, etc.

Snowflake Open Catalog

Managed Iceberg REST catalog (Polaris) with cross-engine governance

Compliance & Certifications

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

GDPR SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA PCI DSS FedRAMP

Where this runs

53 regions

23 countries

5sovereign

Sovereign regions (5)

US East (Commercial Gov - N. Virginia) · AshburnSnowflake on AWS FedRAMP Moderate / DoD IL4 (US)
US Gov West 1 (FedRAMP High Plus) · San Francisco Bay AreaSnowflake SnowGov (AWS GovCloud: FedRAMP High Plus / DoW)
US Gov East 1 (FedRAMP High Plus) · ColumbusSnowflake SnowGov (AWS GovCloud: FedRAMP High Plus)
US Gov Virginia (FedRAMP High Plus) · VirginiaSnowflake SnowGov (Azure Government: FedRAMP High Plus)
US West (Commercial Gov - Oregon) · BoardmanSnowflake Commercial Gov (US)

Commercial regions (48)

Europe (14)

EU (Paris)
EU (Frankfurt)
Europe West 3 (Frankfurt)
EU (Ireland)
North Europe (Ireland)
West Europe (Netherlands)
Europe West 4 (Netherlands)
Sweden Central (Gävle)
EU (Stockholm)
EU (Zurich)
Switzerland North (Zurich)
Europe (London)
UK South (London)
Europe West 2 (London)

North America (13)

Canada (Central)
Canada Central
Mexico Central (Querétaro)
US East (N. Virginia)
US East 4 (Virginia)
East US 2 (Virginia)
East US (Virginia)
US East (Ohio)
US Central 1 (Iowa)
Central US (Iowa)
US West (Oregon)
West US 2 (Washington)
South Central US (Texas)

South America (1)

South America (São Paulo)

Asia (12)

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Central India (Pune)
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
Asia Pacific (Osaka)
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Japan East (Tokyo)
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Southeast Asia (Singapore)
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Korea Central (Seoul)
Asia Pacific (Thailand)

Oceania (4)

Australia Southeast 2 (Melbourne)
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Australia East (Sydney)
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

Middle East (3)

Middle East Central 2 (Dammam)
Middle East (UAE)
UAE North (Dubai)

Africa (1)

Africa (Cape Town)

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Pricing

Pricing model:per-credit-plus-storage