Snowflake Announces Future Availability On AWS (Asia Pacific) NZ Region To Address Increasing Customer Demand Across NZ

Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, today announced it is increasing its New Zealand reach with plans to deploy a local instance on AWS’ recently opened AWS (Asia Pacific) New Zealand region. The announcement builds on Snowflake’s commitment to local customers by providing closer proximity to their data, upholding and maintaining data governance, and doubling down on data sovereignty, security, and resilience.

The instance – which is expected to go live in the first half of 2026 – will enable Snowflake’s customers in New Zealand to keep their data securely on shore, while continuing to leverage the flexibility and scalability of Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud. The near-instant elasticity of Snowflake’s services will now empower more customers – both in the public and private sectors – to scale their offerings and leverage Snowflake’s expanding suite of AI tools and services.

“Today’s announcement is a key milestone as it will allow our customers in New Zealand - from the public sector to enterprise, healthcare to education - to innovate faster and more securely than ever before,” said Tony Shaw, New Zealand Country Manager, Snowflake. “AI is set to become a key driver of economic growth, productivity and success, and we are confident this planned deployment will deliver all these benefits and more to our local customers as New Zealand upskills for the future. It's a testament to our commitment to the local market and our partnership with AWS.”

Customers and partners welcomed the announcement, including BNZ and Accenture.

Paul Norman, BNZ Chief Information Officer, said: “Keeping our customers’ data safe is paramount. Snowflake’s future availability on the AWS New Zealand Region will give Kiwis more flexibility to create and deliver new data-driven services. This added onshore option will help give people confidence that data stays in Aotearoa and can be accessed quickly and securely.”

Romain Groleau, Technology lead for Accenture in New Zealand, said: “As a strategic partner to both Snowflake and AWS, supporting some of the largest client transformations in New Zealand, the planned launch of this platform in the region will help us meet growing demand from our clients for data sovereignty solutions that keep information within national borders. Together, we can help our local clients – particularly those in highly regulated industries – accelerate cloud-powered AI adoption and drive innovation and growth.”

AWS launched its (Asia Pacific) New Zealand Region on 2 September 2025, representing a NZ$7.5 billion investment in local infrastructure. The Region consists of three Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations across Auckland. Availability Zones are located far enough from each other to support customers’ business continuity, but near enough to provide low latency for high availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones. Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security, and is connected through redundant, ultra-low-latency networks.

About Snowflake

Snowflake is the platform for the AI era, making it easy for enterprises to innovate faster and get more value from data. More than 12,000 customers around the globe, including hundreds of the world’s largest companies, use Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud to build, use and share data, applications and AI. With Snowflake, data and AI are transformative for everyone. Learn more at snowflake.com (NYSE: SNOW).

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains express and implied forward-looking statements, including statements regarding (i) Snowflake’s business strategy, (ii) Snowflake’s products, services, and technology offerings, including those that are under development or not generally available, (iii) market growth, trends, and competitive considerations, and (iv) the integration, interoperability, and availability of Snowflake’s products with and on third-party platforms. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the Annual Reports on Form 10-K that Snowflake files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. As a result, you should not rely on any forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

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