diff --git a/platform/src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account.ts b/platform/src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account.ts
index 7bbc3c7040..e2a4127669 100644
--- a/platform/src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account.ts
+++ b/platform/src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account.ts
@@ -1,54 +1,79 @@
 import { getPartitionOutput, apigateway, iam } from "@pulumi/aws";
 import {
   ComponentResourceOptions,
+  Output,
+  ProviderResource,
   jsonStringify,
   interpolate,
 } from "@pulumi/pulumi";
 import { $print } from "../../component";
+import { lazy } from "../../../util/lazy";
+
+// The API Gateway account is a singleton per provider (account + region), so
+// one Read resource per provider is enough. Reading it once per ApiGateway
+// component re-reads it from AWS that many times on every update.
+const useAccountCache = lazy(
+  () => new Map<ProviderResource | undefined, Output<apigateway.Account>>(),
+);
+
+let cloudWatchRole: iam.Role | undefined;
+
+function useCloudWatchRole(opts: ComponentResourceOptions) {
+  const partition = getPartitionOutput(undefined, opts).partition;
+  cloudWatchRole ??= new iam.Role(
+    `APIGatewayPushToCloudWatchLogsRole`,
+    {
+      assumeRolePolicy: jsonStringify({
+        Version: "2012-10-17",
+        Statement: [
+          {
+            Effect: "Allow",
+            Principal: {
+              Service: "apigateway.amazonaws.com",
+            },
+            Action: "sts:AssumeRole",
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+      managedPolicyArns: [
+        interpolate`arn:${partition}:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonAPIGatewayPushToCloudWatchLogs`,
+      ],
+    },
+    { retainOnDelete: true, provider: opts.provider },
+  );
+  return cloudWatchRole;
+}
 
 export function setupApiGatewayAccount(
   namePrefix: string,
   opts: ComponentResourceOptions,
 ) {
+  const cache = useAccountCache();
+  const existing = cache.get(opts.provider);
+  if (existing) return existing;
+
+  // The first provider keeps the bare name; later providers get a suffix to
+  // keep URNs unique when gateways span multiple providers.
+  const suffix = cache.size === 0 ? "" : `${cache.size + 1}`;
   const account = apigateway.Account.get(
-    `${namePrefix}APIGatewayAccount`,
+    `APIGatewayAccount${suffix}`,
     "APIGatewayAccount",
     undefined,
     { provider: opts.provider },
   );
 
-  return account.cloudwatchRoleArn.apply((arn) => {
+  const result = account.cloudwatchRoleArn.apply((arn) => {
     if (arn) return account;
 
-    const partition = getPartitionOutput(undefined, opts).partition;
-    const role = new iam.Role(
-      `APIGatewayPushToCloudWatchLogsRole`,
-      {
-        assumeRolePolicy: jsonStringify({
-          Version: "2012-10-17",
-          Statement: [
-            {
-              Effect: "Allow",
-              Principal: {
-                Service: "apigateway.amazonaws.com",
-              },
-              Action: "sts:AssumeRole",
-            },
-          ],
-        }),
-        managedPolicyArns: [
-          interpolate`arn:${partition}:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonAPIGatewayPushToCloudWatchLogs`,
-        ],
-      },
-      { retainOnDelete: true, provider: opts.provider },
-    );
-
     return new apigateway.Account(
       `${namePrefix}APIGatewayAccountSetup`,
       {
-        cloudwatchRoleArn: role.arn,
+        cloudwatchRoleArn: useCloudWatchRole(opts).arn,
       },
-      { provider: opts.provider },
+      { retainOnDelete: true, provider: opts.provider },
     );
   });
+
+  cache.set(opts.provider, result);
+  return result;
 }
diff --git a/platform/test/components/apigateway-account.test.ts b/platform/test/components/apigateway-account.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..187792bcb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/test/components/apigateway-account.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
+
+// @ts-ignore
+global.$app = {
+  name: "app",
+  stage: "test",
+};
+// @ts-ignore
+global.$util = pulumi;
+
+const ACCOUNT_TYPE = "aws:apigateway/account:Account";
+const registered: { type: string; name: string }[] = [];
+
+pulumi.runtime.setMocks(
+  {
+    newResource: function (args: pulumi.runtime.MockResourceArgs): {
+      id: string;
+      state: any;
+    } {
+      registered.push({ type: args.type, name: args.name });
+      if (args.type === ACCOUNT_TYPE) {
+        return {
+          id: "APIGatewayAccount",
+          state: {
+            ...args.inputs,
+            cloudwatchRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::111111111111:role/existing",
+          },
+        };
+      }
+      return {
+        id: args.name + "_id",
+        state: args.inputs,
+      };
+    },
+    call: function (args: pulumi.runtime.MockCallArgs) {
+      return args.inputs;
+    },
+  },
+  "project",
+  "stack",
+  false,
+);
+
+describe("setupApiGatewayAccount", () => {
+  let setupApiGatewayAccount: typeof import("../../src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account").setupApiGatewayAccount;
+  let aws: typeof import("@pulumi/aws");
+
+  function resolveOutput<T>(value: pulumi.Output<T>) {
+    return new Promise<T>((resolve) => {
+      value.apply((resolved) => {
+        resolve(resolved);
+        return resolved;
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  function accountReads() {
+    return registered.filter((r) => r.type === ACCOUNT_TYPE);
+  }
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    setupApiGatewayAccount = (
+      await import("../../src/components/aws/helpers/apigateway-account")
+    ).setupApiGatewayAccount;
+    aws = await import("@pulumi/aws");
+  });
+
+  it("returns the same account for every gateway on the same provider", async () => {
+    const first = setupApiGatewayAccount("GatewayA", {});
+    const second = setupApiGatewayAccount("GatewayB", {});
+
+    expect(second).toBe(first);
+
+    await resolveOutput(first);
+    await resolveOutput(second);
+    expect(accountReads()).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(accountReads()[0].name).toBe("APIGatewayAccount");
+  });
+
+  it("creates one uniquely named read per distinct provider", async () => {
+    const east = new aws.Provider("east", { region: "us-east-1" });
+    const west = new aws.Provider("west", { region: "us-west-2" });
+
+    const eastAccount = setupApiGatewayAccount("GatewayC", { provider: east });
+    const westAccount = setupApiGatewayAccount("GatewayD", { provider: west });
+    const eastAgain = setupApiGatewayAccount("GatewayE", { provider: east });
+
+    expect(eastAgain).toBe(eastAccount);
+    expect(westAccount).not.toBe(eastAccount);
+
+    await resolveOutput(eastAccount);
+    await resolveOutput(westAccount);
+    const reads = accountReads();
+    expect(reads).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(new Set(reads.map((r) => r.name)).size).toBe(3);
+  });
+});