diff --git a/querier/src/table/mod.rs b/querier/src/table/mod.rs
index ff180c85d0..6fb9e6c898 100644
--- a/querier/src/table/mod.rs
+++ b/querier/src/table/mod.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ mod state_reconciler;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test_util;
 
+/// Number of concurrent chunk creation jobs.
+///
+/// This is mostly to fetch per-partition data concurrently.
+const CONCURRENT_CHUNK_CREATION_JOBS: usize = 10;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -294,26 +299,32 @@ impl QuerierTable {
 
                 let early_pruning_observer =
                     &MetricPruningObserver::new(Arc::clone(&self.prune_metrics));
-                futures::stream::iter(parquet_files.files.iter().zip(keeps))
-                    .filter_map(|(cached_parquet_file, keep)| async move {
+
+                futures::stream::iter(parquet_files.files.iter().cloned().zip(keeps))
+                    .filter(|(cached_parquet_file, keep)| {
                         if !keep {
                             early_pruning_observer.was_pruned_early(
                                 cached_parquet_file.row_count as u64,
                                 cached_parquet_file.file_size_bytes as u64,
                             );
-                            return None;
                         }
-                        let chunk_adapter = Arc::clone(&self.chunk_adapter);
+
+                        let keep = *keep;
+                        async move { keep }
+                    })
+                    .map(|(cached_parquet_file, _keep)| async move {
                         let span = span_recorder.child_span("new_chunk");
-                        chunk_adapter
+                        self.chunk_adapter
                             .new_chunk(
                                 cached_table,
                                 Arc::clone(self.table_name()),
-                                Arc::clone(cached_parquet_file),
+                                cached_parquet_file,
                                 span,
                             )
                             .await
                     })
+                    .buffer_unordered(CONCURRENT_CHUNK_CREATION_JOBS)
+                    .filter_map(|x| async { x })
                     .collect()
                     .await
             }