Snowflake supports data sharing across regions and cloud platforms using account replication and share replication features. Account replication enables the replication of objects from a source account to one or more target accounts in the same organization. Share replication enables the replication of shares from a source account to one or more target accounts in the same organization1.

To share data from the MARKET_DB database in the ACCOUNTA account in AWS us-east-1 region with the PARTNERB account in Azure East US 2 region, the following steps must be performed:

Create a new account (called AZABC123) in Azure East US 2 region. This account will act as a bridge between the source and the target accounts. The new account must be linked to the ACCOUNTA account using an organization2.

From the ACCOUNTA account, replicate the MARKET_DB database to the AZABC123 account using the account replication feature. This will create a secondary database in the AZABC123 account that is a replica of the primary database in the ACCOUNTA account3.

From the AZABC123 account, set up the data sharing to the PARTNERB account using the share replication feature. This will create a share of the secondary database in the AZABC123 account and grant access to the PARTNERB account. The PARTNERB account can then create a database from the share and query the data4.

Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

References: : Replicating Shares Across Regions and Cloud Platforms : Working with Organizations and Accounts : Replicating Databases Across Multiple Accounts : Replicating Shares Across Multiple Accounts