--- title: New global queries in BigQuery span data from multiple... description: BigQuery now supports global queries in preview, allowing you to query data stored across multiple geographic regions with a single SQL statement. This... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-global-queries-in-bigquery-span-data-from-multiple-regions-5qyztluqo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New global queries in BigQuery span data from multiple regions | daily.dev og:description: BigQuery now supports global queries in preview, allowing you to query data stored across multiple geographic regions with a single SQL statement. This... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-global-queries-in-bigquery-span-data-from-multiple-regions-5qyztluqo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/5QyZtluqO.png og:image:alt: New global queries in BigQuery span data from multiple regions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New global queries in BigQuery span data from multiple regions **[Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/sources/gcp)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary BigQuery now supports global queries in preview, allowing you to query data stored across multiple geographic regions with a single SQL statement. This eliminates the need for complex ETL pipelines to centralize data before analysis. The feature automatically handles cross-region data movement while maintaining security through opt-in controls, user-specified execution locations, and respect for existing governance policies like VPC Service Controls. Organizations can now perform unified analytics on distributed datasets while meeting data residency and compliance requirements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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