Cloud Interconnect is a direct, private connection for extending corporate network to Google Cloud
Google’s Cloud Interconnect is an option to enable companies to extend their data center network in to Google cloud as part of hybrid cloud deployment.
What you need to do is choose an Interconnect Type either dedicated connection (Dedicated Interconnect) or use a service provider (Partner Interconnect) that suits you to connect to Google’s VPC networks.
Let’s say when you choose a dedicated interconnect, it’s nothing but you have 10Gbps pipe directly connected to a Google location via this cloud interconnect.
Google already has dedicated interconnect locations. You can view the list of these colocation facilities using the following gcloud command.
sneppets@cloudshell:~ (gcp-sneppets)$ gcloud compute interconnects locations list NAME DESCRIPTION FACILITY_PROVIDER ams-zone1-1236 Equinix Amsterdam Schepenbergweg (AM5) (formerly Telecity AMS5) Equinix ams-zone2-1320 Equinix Amsterdam (AM3) Equinix arn-zone1-208 Interxion Stockholm (STO1, STO2, STO3, STO4, STO5) Interxion arn-zone2-156 Equinix Stockholm Bromma (SK1) Equinix atl-zone1-11 Equinix Atlanta (AT2/3) Equinix atl-zone2-11 Equinix Atlanta (AT2/3) Equinix bom-zone1-2310 GPX Mumbai GPX Global Systems bom-zone2-554 Tata Mumbai IDC TATA Communications cdg-zone1-1536 Interxion Paris 7 (La Courneuve) Interxion cdg-zone1-181 Global Switch (Paris) Global Switch cdg-zone2-1536 Interxion Paris 7 (La Courneuve) Interxion cdg-zone2-181 Global Switch (Paris) Global Switch den-zone1-389 Coresite Denver Coresite den-zone2-389 Coresite Denver Coresite dfw-zone1-4 Equinix Dallas (DA1) Equinix dfw-zone1-505 Infomart Dallas Infomart Data Centers dfw-zone2-4 Equinix Dallas (DA1) Equinix dfw-zone2-505 Infomart Dallas Infomart Data Centers eze-zone1-1550 Level(3) Buenos Aires Level(3) eze-zone2-1550 Level(3) Buenos Aires Level(3) fra-zone1-277 e-shelter Frankfurt (FRA1) e-shelter fra-zone1-58 Interxion Frankfurt Interxion fra-zone1-683 Equinix Frankfurt West (FR4) Equinix fra-zone2-277 e-shelter Frankfurt (FRA1) e-shelter fra-zone2-58 Interxion Frankfurt Interxion fra-zone2-683 Equinix Frankfurt West (FR4) Equinix gru-zone1-165 Equinix São Paulo (SP4) Equinix gru-zone2-1057 Global Crossing São Paulo Level(3) ham-zone1-427 Level(3) Hamburg Level(3) ham-zone2-1686 Telia (HAM1) TeliaSonera Hamburg hkg-zone1-225 MEGA-i (iAdvantage Hong Kong) iAdvantage Ltd. hkg-zone2-1118 Equinix Hong Kong (HK2) Equinix iad-zone1-1 Equinix Ashburn (DC1-DC11) Equinix iad-zone2-1 Equinix Ashburn (DC1-DC11) Equinix kix-zone1-1791 Equinix Osaka (OS1) Equinix kix-zone2-2072 NTT Telepark Dojima Building 2 NTT kul-zone1-1514 CSF CX2 Cyberjaya CSF kul-zone2-460 AIMS Kuala Lumpur AIMS lax-zone1-19 CoreSite - LA1 - One Wilshire CoreSite lax-zone1-403 600 West 7th Street Digital Realty lax-zone1-8 Equinix Los Angeles (LA1) Equinix lax-zone2-19 CoreSite - LA1 - One Wilshire CoreSite lga-zone1-16 Digital Realty | Telx New York (111 8th Ave) Digital Realty lga-zone1-9 165 Halsey - 9th Floor MMR 165 Halsey lga-zone2-1422 zColo New York - 60 Hudson St Zayo Group lga-zone2-9 165 Halsey - 9th Floor MMR 165 Halsey lhr-zone1-47 Global Switch (London 2) Global Switch lhr-zone1-832 Equinix London Slough (LD5-LD6) Equinix lhr-zone2-47 Global Switch (London 2) Global Switch lhr-zone2-832 Equinix London Slough (LD5-LD6) Equinix mad-zone1-127 Equinix MD2 - Madrid Equinix mad-zone1-130 Interxion Madrid (MAD1, MAD2) Interxion mad-zone2-127 Equinix MD2 - Madrid Equinix mad-zone2-130 Interxion Madrid (MAD1, MAD2) Interxion mia-zone1-15 Equinix Miami (MI1) Equinix mia-zone2-15 Equinix Miami (MI1) Equinix mil-zone1-1974 Infracom Milan Infracom mil-zone2-1974 Infracom Milan Infracom mrs-zone1-226 Interxion Marseille (MRS1, MRS2) Interxion mrs-zone2-226 Interxion Marseille (MRS1, MRS2) Interxion muc-zone1-480 Equinix Munich (MU1) Equinix muc-zone2-480 Equinix Munich (MU1) Equinix nrt-zone1-452 Equinix Tokyo (TY2) Equinix nrt-zone1-599 ComSpace I Marubeni Access Solutions Inc. nrt-zone1-738 AT Tokyo CC2 AT Tokyo nrt-zone2-452 Equinix Tokyo (TY2) Equinix nrt-zone2-738 AT Tokyo CC2 AT Tokyo ord-zone1-3143 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Aurora) CyrusOne ord-zone1-7 Equinix Chicago (CH1/CH2/CH4) Equinix ord-zone2-3143 Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Aurora) CyrusOne ord-zone2-7 Equinix Chicago (CH1/CH2/CH4) Equinix rio-zone1-1374 Level(3) Rio de Janeiro Level(3) rio-zone2-1374 Level(3) Rio de Janeiro Level(3) sea-zone1-86 Equinix Seattle (SE2/3) Equinix sea-zone2-86 Equinix Seattle (SE2/3) Equinix sin-zone1-388 Global Switch Singapore Global Switch sin-zone2-2260 Equinix Singapore (SG3) Equinix sjc-zone1-6 Equinix San Jose (SV1/5) Equinix sjc-zone2-6 Equinix San Jose (SV1/5) Equinix syd-zone1-1660 NEXTDC S1 NextDC syd-zone2-1605 Equinix Sydney (SY3) Equinix tsa-zone1-456 Chief LY Building Taipei Chief Telecom tsa-zone2-2886 Taipei IDC Chunghwa Telecom us-central1-zone1-room1 Google Restricted Access Google us-central1-zone2-room1 Google Restricted Access Google us-east4-zone1-room1 Google Restricted Access Google us-east4-zone2-room1 Google Restricted Access Google yul-zone1-1944 Cologix MTL3 Cologix yul-zone2-1944 Cologix MTL3 Cologix yyz-zone1-392 151 Front Street West Northam Realty yyz-zone2-2206 Equinix Toronto (TR2) Equinix zrh-zone1-81 Interxion Zurich / Glattbrugg Interxion zrh-zone2-83 Equinix ZH2 Equinix
Dedicated Interconnect Vs Partner Interconnect
When you have high bandwidth connections requirements like minimum 10Gbps then dedicated interconnect can be cost-effective solution.
If you don’t require high bandwidth connections, then Partner Interconnect has various capacity options (50 Mbps – 10 Gbps) to suit your connections requirements. Also, if your network can’t physically meet Google’s network in the listed locations above then you can go for this option to reach VPC networks.
Create or Provision Cloud Interconnect Connection
- For procedure to create or provision dedicated interconnect connection, please click here
- For procedure to create or provision partner interconnect connection, please click here
Benefits of Cloud Interconnect
- Network traffic between on-premises network and VPC network does not traverse through public internet as the traffic traverse through a dedicated connection. So your traffic takes fewer hops, so there is less chance that your traffic might be dropped.
- You can access VPC network’s internal IP addresses directly and there is no need of VPN tunnels to reach internal IP addresses.
- Cloud interconnect is the cost effective solution if you have high-volume of traffic to and from Google’s VPC network.
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