To replicate data across Snowflake regions, you must maintain a separate Snowflake account in each region.

• A. False
• B. Not required
• C. True
• D. Only for replication

Answer: (C)

Cross-region replication in Snowflake relies on a primary account and a separate secondary account in the destination region. To replicate data to another region, you provision a Snowflake account in that region and configure replication between the primary account and the secondary account in the target region. The replicated objects sit in that target account, and failover or recovery can be managed from there. Because each destination region requires its own account, you must maintain a separate Snowflake account in every region you want replicas in. If you only replicate to one region, you need one additional account; for multiple regions, you need an account in each.