Answer: Warehouse size, Number of clusters

For multi-cluster virtual warehouses in Snowflake, credits are billed based on the warehouse size (which determines the credit consumption rate per cluster) and the number of clusters (which determines how many parallel clusters are running). The warehouse size (B) sets the base credit consumption rate (e.g., X-Large uses 16 credits per hour per cluster), while the number of clusters (C) multiplies this consumption when multiple clusters are active. Cache size (A) doesn't affect billing as caching is automatic and doesn't incur additional credits. Volume of data processed (D) and number of queries executed (E) are not direct billing factors; credits are based on compute time (warehouse runtime) regardless of data volume or query count. The community discussion with 100% consensus on BC and upvoted references to Snowflake documentation confirms this understanding.

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