Nikola Ilic digs into the numbers:
If you are using Microsoft Fabric, you’ve probably received the same email notification as me:)
I’m talking about the one about Fabric Data Warehouse and SQL analytics endpoint metering.
Starting in August 2026, Warehouse CU consumption is moving away from the current per-query CPU-time model and toward a per-workspace, virtual-node time model.
Read on to see what will change and how that should affect the way you think about this infrastructure.