diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/datastore.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/datastore.py
index f8964129cd..f788f1bc74 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/datastore.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/datastore.py
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import itertools
+import logging
 from datetime import datetime
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
+from queue import Queue
+from threading import Lock, Thread
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
 from pydantic import PositiveInt, StrictStr
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@
 from feast.repo_config import FeastConfigBaseModel, RepoConfig
 from feast.usage import log_exceptions_and_usage, tracing_span
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 try:
     from google.auth.exceptions import DefaultCredentialsError
     from google.cloud import datastore
@@ -262,15 +267,46 @@ def online_read(
 def _delete_all_values(client, key):
     """
     Delete all data under the key path in datastore.
+
+    Creates and uses a queue of lists of entity keys, which are batch deleted
+    by multiple threads.
     """
+
+    class AtomicCounter(object):
+        # for tracking how many deletions have already occurred; not used outside this method
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.value = 0
+            self.lock = Lock()
+
+        def increment(self):
+            with self.lock:
+                self.value += 1
+
+    BATCH_SIZE = 500  # Dec 2021: delete_multi has a max size of 500: https://cloud.google.com/datastore/docs/concepts/limits
+    NUM_THREADS = 3
+    deletion_queue = Queue()
+    status_info_counter = AtomicCounter()
+
+    def worker(shared_counter):
+        while True:
+            client.delete_multi(deletion_queue.get())
+            shared_counter.increment()
+            LOGGER.debug(
+                f"batch deletions completed: {shared_counter.value} ({shared_counter.value * BATCH_SIZE} total entries) & outstanding queue size: {deletion_queue.qsize()}"
+            )
+            deletion_queue.task_done()
+
+    for _ in range(NUM_THREADS):
+        Thread(target=worker, args=(status_info_counter,), daemon=True).start()
+
+    query = client.query(kind="Row", ancestor=key)
     while True:
-        query = client.query(kind="Row", ancestor=key)
-        entities = list(query.fetch(limit=1000))
+        entities = list(query.fetch(limit=BATCH_SIZE))
         if not entities:
-            return
+            break
+        deletion_queue.put([entity.key for entity in entities])
 
-        for entity in entities:
-            client.delete(entity.key)
+    deletion_queue.join()
 
 
 def _initialize_client(