Snowflake, a US-based AI data cloud company, and SAP have announced a new collaboration. This will enable companies to seamlessly use Snowflake's AI Data Cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) with semantically rich data.
The collaboration will make Snowflake's data and AI platform available as an extension of an SAP solution for SAP BDC customers. With the new offering, SAP Snowflake, companies can seamlessly leverage Snowflake's AI Data Cloud and SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) with semantically rich data. The collaboration will make Snowflake's data and AI platform available as an extension of an SAP solution for SAP BDC customers.
BDC and Snowflake
SAP and Snowflake also plan to enable data sharing between SAP BDC and Snowflake without the need to copy data. This will make it easier for customers to gain deeper insights, develop intelligent enterprise-level applications, and leverage AI-powered innovations that drive their transformation.
Linking critical data
„Through the tight integration of SAP and Snowflake, we make it easier for companies to link critical business data and its comprehensive context in SAP with the power of seamless development of AI apps and data agents at scale in Snowflake,“ explained Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product, Snowflake. „With Snowflake and SAP BDC, companies can now innovate faster and seamlessly exchange data between platforms—without copying and with complete control,“ Kleinerman continued.
SAP Snowflake integrates Snowflake into the open data environment of SAP BDC and Business Data Fabric, giving customers greater openness and choice. At the same time, SAP BDC is enhanced by Snowflake's AI, analytics, data engineering, and marketplace capabilities, as well as its collaboration capabilities. Customers can use SAP BDC with SAP Snowflake as a cloud-based computing and storage option to increase the value of their data.
Bidirectional zero-copy data access and AI enable data and AI teams to work with semantically rich SAP data products in real time and in accordance with a unified governance framework. This allows customers to harmonize SAP and other data, optimize total cost of ownership across all workloads, and build agents and AI applications in SAP Snowflake based on trusted SAP data products.
Openness and freedom of choice
„The integration of Snowflake into SAP Business Data Cloud offers our customers openness and freedom of choice,“ said Irfan Khan, president and chief product officer for SAP Data and Analytics at SAP. „Together, we are combining SAP's decades of leadership in business-critical applications with Snowflake's modern data platform to deliver a unified, enterprise-ready, SAP-backed experience that extends the value of business data across the entire data landscape,“ Khan explained.
In addition to SAP Snowflake, the partnership also includes SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Snowflake, a feature that enables bidirectional data sharing with Snowflake without copying. Companies already using Snowflake can leverage SAP BDC Connect to integrate their existing instances of Snowflake into SAP Business Data Cloud. This gives them seamless, zero-copy, real-time access to semantically rich SAP data products without the need for duplicates.
SAP and Snowflake support thousands of customers by transforming their industries through this partnership. SAP Snowflake is expected to be generally available in the first quarter of 2026. SAP BDC Connect for Snowflake is scheduled to be generally available in the first half of 2026.
Source: SAP
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