# 6th August 2025

This update introduces powerful architectural capabilities and helpful documentation designed to support modern, cloud-native data workloads across environments.

#### Feature Previews & Documentation Updates

[**Hybrid Data Lakehouse (Preview)**](https://docs.e6data.com/product-documentation/introduction-to-e6data/architecture/hybrid-data-lakehouse)

**Summary:**\
Introducing *Hybrid Data Lakehouse*, a powerful architecture enabling federated query execution across multiple clouds, regions, and on-premise environments—without needing to move or replicate data.

**What’s New:**

* Unified query interface across AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-prem systems
* Hybrid cluster setup with Main + Ancillary Clusters
* Federated SQL engine ensures compliance and reduces data movement
* Support for both centralized and federated metastores

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**Note***:* **This feature is currently in active development and only available to users on request.**
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[**GCS Access for Serverless Compute (GCP)**](https://docs.e6data.com/product-documentation/setup/gcp-setup/configure-gcs-access-for-serverless-compute-gcp)

A new guide is now available to help users configure Google Cloud Storage (GCS) access for **e6data’s serverless compute on GCP**.

**Highlights:**

* Required permissions
* IAM roles
* Trust configuration steps

This is essential for enabling external table access in serverless mode.