Interoperability Between Unity Catalog and Google BigQuery via Catalog Federation

Databricks announces bidirectional catalog federation between Unity Catalog and Google BigQuery, enabling data access without duplication through open standards.

• •BigQuery users can now read Unity Catalog-managed tables through catalog federation without data copying
• •Databricks customers can access Iceberg tables managed by Google Cloud Lakehouse via private preview
• •Unified governance using Unity Catalog's policies, fine-grained access controls, and lineage tracking applies consistently across federated data
• •Industry progress toward open, interoperable data ecosystem supporting both innovation and standardization

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