SAP and Google Cloud Partner to Accelerate AI and Analytics with Direct Data Access
SAP and Google Cloud are deepening their partnership to provide customers with faster, more secure access to SAP data for advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The collaboration centers around a new offering, SAP business Data Cloud Connect for Google BigQuery, designed to eliminate traditional data replication and ETL processes.
This new connection allows customers to directly access SAP’s comprehensive and governed data products at scale within Google’s BigQuery data warehouse. This enables flexible integration of SAP data with other enterprise data stored in bigquery, and vice-versa, fostering innovation with both analytics and AI capabilities, including Google’s Gemini models.
“Bringing together Google BigQuery and SAP Business Data Cloud gives our customers choice without compromise, enabling them to fast-track their analytics and AI initiatives,” stated Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE.
Thomas Kurian,CEO of google Cloud,added,”By uniting SAP Business Data Cloud with BigQuery and Gemini models,we’re making it easy for enterprises to build a unified data foundation that breaks down silos and unlocks a new class of AI agents and applications.”
Key Benefits of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Google BigQuery:
The core of this partnership is a “zero-copy data fabric” that provides seamless access to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) data within the Google Cloud ecosystem. This integration empowers customers to:
* Develop Reliable AI: Utilize current and complete business data from SAP in real-time for Google BigQuery AI models and agents, ensuring accuracy and trustworthiness.
* Implement Automated Agents: Build and deploy smart agents leveraging Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Gemini to automate complex processes, such as supply chain optimization and financial forecasting.
* Gain Enhanced insights: Combine SAP data with unique datasets available on Google cloud – including Google Maps, Google Trends, and public datasets – to enrich business context.
* Transform Analytics: Enable users across the institution to leverage natural language querying on Google Cloud to access and analyze their business data, moving beyond traditional reporting.
Availability:
SAP Business Data Cloud is currently available in Google Cloud regions across Asia Pacific, Europe, and the U.S., with further regional expansion planned. SAP Business Data cloud Connect for Google bigquery is slated for general availability in the first half of 2026. SAP BW, private cloud edition (available through SAP BDC), is already supported in over 40 google Cloud regions, supporting data residency and compliance needs.
Google Cloud will also offer incentives to customers and partners to accelerate adoption of these integrated solutions.
