Google Cloud introduced major enhancements to its borderless Lakehouse architecture at Next Tokyo, enabling bi-directional access to cross-cloud data in AWS, Databricks, and Snowflake for AI agents.

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• Catalog federation in preview for AWS Glue, Databricks Unity Catalog, and Snowflake Horizon
• Zero-copy data integration with SaaS applications like SAP, Salesforce, and Workday
• Spanner Omni and Lakehouse Federation for AlloyDB
• Partner Cross-Cloud Interconnect for zero variable egress cost access to AWS data
• Integration of Knowledge Catalog as an agentic context engine
• Release of Google Cloud Data Agent Kit for building custom data agents

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