Which of the following describes how multiple Snowflake accounts in a single organization relate to various cloud providers?

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Options

• AEach Snowflake account can be hosted in a different cloud vendor and region.
• BEach Snowflake account must be hosted in a different cloud vendor and region
• CAll Snowflake accounts must be hosted in the same cloud vendor and region
• DEach Snowflake account can be hosted in a different cloud vendor, but must be in the same

• A
  87% (26)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

In Snowflake's organizational model, an Organization is a top-level grouping that links multiple Snowflake accounts for centralized governance, account management, and features like cross-account replication and secure data sharing. Each individual Snowflake account within an organization is independently deployable and can be hosted on any supported cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform) in any available region for that provider. This gives organizations maximum flexibility to place accounts close to specific data sources, comply with data residency requirements, or optimize for cost and latency. There is no requirement that accounts share the same cloud vendor or region (B, C, D are all incorrect). This multi-cloud flexibility is a key architectural feature of Snowflake's design.

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