Cloud Interconnect documentation

Cloud Interconnect extends your external network to the Google network through a high-availability, low-latency connection. You can use Dedicated Interconnect to connect directly to Google. Alternatively, you can use Partner Interconnect to connect to Google through a supported service provider. You can use Cross-Cloud Interconnect to connect to your network that's hosted by another cloud service provider. Learn more

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Documentation resources

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Dedicated Interconnect

Partner Interconnect

Cross-Cloud Interconnect

Explore self-paced training from Google Cloud Skills Boost, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services.

TCP optimization for network performance in Google Cloud and hybrid scenarios

Learn about ways to improve connection latency between processes within Google Cloud, including how to compute correct settings for decreasing the latency of TCP connections.

Network Connectivity

Migration to Google Cloud: Transferring your large datasets

This tutorial explores the process of adding your data to Google Cloud, from planning a data transfer to using best practices in implementing a plan.

Network Connectivity Migration

Patterns for connecting other cloud service providers with Google Cloud

Decide how to connect Google Cloud with other cloud service providers (CSP) such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Alibaba Cloud.

Cloud Interconnect Partner Interconnect Dedicated Interconnect

Calculate network throughput over Interconnect

This tutorial shows you how to calculate network throughput, within Google Cloud and for your on-premises or third-party cloud locations that are connected using Cloud Interconnect.

Network Connectivity