Snowflake Error:
Snowflake Warehouse Size Not Available
What does this error mean?
A CREATE WAREHOUSE or ALTER WAREHOUSE statement specified a size that is not available in the current Snowflake edition, region, or account type.
Common causes
- 1Requesting a 6X-LARGE or larger warehouse on a Snowflake Standard edition account
- 2Warehouse size not yet available in the specific Snowflake region
- 3Business Critical or VPS edition required for 5X-LARGE+ warehouses in certain cloud regions
- 4Account-level warehouse size limit configured by Snowflake support has been exceeded
- 5Automated infrastructure-as-code script using a size name that changed between Snowflake editions
How to fix it
- 1Check available warehouse sizes for your edition: `SHOW WAREHOUSES` and consult the Snowflake docs for edition-specific limits.
- 2For large warehouses (4X-LARGE+), verify your account is on Enterprise or Business Critical edition.
- 3Contact Snowflake support to request an increase in the maximum warehouse size for your account.
- 4Consider using multi-cluster warehouses instead of a single very large warehouse for scalability.
- 5Update infrastructure-as-code to use an available size and add a validation step.