# AWS Amazon Aurora data lake integration

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/aws-amazon-aurora-data-lake-integration
> Updated: 2026-10-07T14:31:04.000Z. Sources: 4. Developments: 2.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of direct data lake querying within Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. By embedding the DuckDB vectorized query engine into the Aurora kernel, the service allows users to execute unified SQL queries across relational tables and external lakehouse files, such as Apache Iceberg and Parquet, stored in Amazon S3.

This integration, available for Aurora PostgreSQL versions 17 and 18, enables transactional applications to query historical data alongside live relational rows. The feature supports automatic schema inference via the AWS Glue Data Catalog and federated Iceberg REST Catalogs, and is available across all commercial AWS Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

## Timeline

### 2026-10-07: Amazon Web Services integrates DuckDB into Amazon Aurora

AWS has embedded DuckDB into Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, allowing direct SQL querying of Apache Iceberg and Parquet data in Amazon S3 alongside relational tables.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/amazon-web-services-integrates-duckdb-into-amazon-aurora

### 2026-09-15: Amazon Athena enables serverless SQL queries on S3 data

Amazon Athena is an AWS serverless service that allows users to perform interactive SQL queries on data stored in Amazon S3 without managing infrastructure.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/amazon-athena-enables-serverless-sql-queries-on-s3-data

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