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BigQuery is making itself agent-callable and pulling inference inside the SQL boundary.

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◆Current state
Two GA milestones define the current position: the BigQuery MCP server, and the managed AI functions AI.IF, AI.SCORE and AI.CLASSIFY that run Gemini from inside a query. Alongside them, BigQuery Graph entered preview, and a steady GA cadence continues across sharing listings, materialized views over CDC tables, Snowflake transfers, code-asset folders and Dataform's strict act-as enforcement.
◆Where it's heading
The warehouse is being repositioned as something agents call and models run inside, not a destination that pipelines feed. MCP handles the calling side; the AI functions handle the execution side; strict act-as and folder-level access handle the governance the first two make urgent.
◆Prediction
Expect the governance layer to develop fastest from here — finer control over what an agent can query and what inference it may run — since that is the constraint GA on both fronts now exposes.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3mo ago

    BigQuery May 2026 - Multi-region sharing listings GA and Data Transfer Service updates

    Bundled May digest covering multi-region sharing GA, a billing label refresh, materialized views over CDC tables going GA, and SQL cells in notebooks reaching GA. Most of these graduate existing previews; together they fill out the warehouse's everyday surface area.

  2. 3mo ago

    MFA required for new Google Ads data transfers

    Mandatory MFA on new Google Ads data transfers is a defensive hardening of one of the most heavily used DTS connectors. Fits Google Cloud's broader push to make first-party transfers depend on identity, not just service accounts.

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  3. 3mo ago

    Google Ads data retention policy change affecting BigQuery Data Transfer Service

  4. 3mo ago

    BigQuery multi-region sharing listings go GA

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    Multi-region sharing listings reach GA — datasets and linked replicas can be shared across global regions simultaneously. This shifts BigQuery's sharing surface from a single-region default into a globally federated model and lands the Analytics Hub story for enterprise data products.

  5. 3mo ago

    BigQuery release notes — May 06, 2026 — Feature You can configure BigQuery sharing listings for multiple regions, which

    Aggregated release-notes entry that re-announces the multi-region sharing listings GA covered above. Same change, different surface.

  6. 3mo ago

    BigQuery Data Transfer Service connectors Google Ads data retention policy change