Data mesh is a decentralized approach to managing and accessing analytical data at scale. It distributes responsibility for data pipelines and quality to domain experts. The key principles are domain-centric ownership, treating data as a product, and using a common self-service infrastructure platform. Snowflake is well-suited for implementing a data mesh with its capabilities for sharing data and functions securely across accounts and clouds, with built-in governance and a data marketplace for discovery. A data mesh implemented on Snowflake's data cloud can support truly global and multi-cloud data sharing and management according to data mesh principles.