Snowflake compute resources are referred to asVirtual Warehouses. A virtual warehouse is a cluster of compute nodes that executes SQL queries, performs DML operations (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE), and runs data loading or transformation tasks.
Virtual Warehouses provide:
Dedicated compute isolation
Independent scaling (resize at any time)
Concurrency support through multi-cluster mode
Auto-suspend and auto-resume for cost efficiency
While Virtual Warehouses consist of compute clusters under the hood, Snowflake abstracts the underlying VM and node architecture, exposing only the warehouse construct to users. This ensures simplicity and avoids operational burdens such as node management.
Incorrect terms like Data Nodes or Virtual Machines represent underlying infrastructure concepts not exposed to end users.
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