Many organizations assign separate Snowflake warehouses to individual business units or teams to simplify chargebacks and operational ownership. This often results in redundant and underutilized warehouses, as workloads frequently do not require the full capacity of even the smallest warehouse size.

By consolidating compatible workloads onto shared warehouses, organizations can maximize utilization, reduce idle runtime across the fleet, and significantly lower total credit consumption. Cost allocation can still be achieved using Query Billing Attribution.