cloud interconnect

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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