Snowflake Unveils Next Wave of Compute Innovations
Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, announced at its
annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2025, the next evolution of
compute innovations that deliver faster performance, enhanced usability, and
stronger price-performance value — raising the bar for modern data
infrastructure. This includes Standard Warehouse
– Generation 2 (Gen2) (now generally available), an enhanced
version of Snowflake’s virtual Standard Warehouse with next-generation hardware
and additional enhancements to deliver 2.1x¹ faster analytics performance and
1.9x2 faster analytics
performance than Managed Spark. In addition, Snowflake introduced Snowflake Adaptive Compute (now
in private preview), a new compute service that lowers the burden of resource
management by maximizing efficiency through automatic resource sizing and
sharing. Warehouses created using Adaptive Compute, known as Adaptive Warehouses, accelerate performance
for users without driving up costs, ultimately redefining data management in
the era of AI.
“We’re
reimagining what customers can expect from a modern data platform, delivering
faster performance, easier scalability, and greater value for every dollar
spent,” said Artin Avanes, Head of Core Data Platform, Snowflake. “Snowflake’s
Gen2 more than doubles the speed of core analytics workloads, helping teams
make quicker, data-driven decisions. Coupled with Adaptive Warehouses, we’re
enabling customers with an easier, more efficient approach to platform
management where resource decisions are automated and right-sized. This isn't
just about infrastructure improvements, it’s about preparing your business to
innovate quickly in the fast-moving AI era.”
“As
one of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies, efficiency and
scalability are critical to everything we do as we race to deliver medical
innovations. Snowflake’s easy, connected, and trusted platform has been
instrumental in streamlining our operations so that we can maximize the value
of our data, and the impact we drive for end users,” said Steve Ring, Director
of Enterprise Database Solutions, Pfizer.
“We’re excited about the potential of Adaptive Warehouses to build on that
success. What we’re seeing with Adaptive Warehouses is just the beginning of a
larger trend in cloud computing — the ability to dynamically adjust resources
based on workload demands, without human intervention.”
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