In November 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) announced a major collaboration: the AWS-GCP Interconnect. This new service aims to simplify the complex task of connecting workloads between AWS and GCP, two of the leading public cloud platforms. By enabling quick and secure private connections between the two cloud environments, the AWS-GCP Interconnect is a game-changer for enterprises pursuing multi-cloud strategies.
In this article, we’ll explore what the AWS-GCP Interconnect means for businesses, its role in simplifying multi-cloud deployments, and why a Hybrid Cloud approach is essential for enterprises aiming to balance flexibility, control, and security in the evolving cloud landscape. We’ll also discuss how businesses can leverage this new interconnect service to build smarter, more resilient IT infrastructures.
Understanding the AWS-GCP Interconnect: A Multi-Cloud Solution
The AWS-GCP Interconnect is a managed network service that directly addresses the challenges of connecting independent AWS and GCP environments. This collaboration is fundamentally focused on simplifying multi-cloud deployments, which involve running workloads on two or more distinct public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
By providing dedicated, private 1–100 Gbps links in minutes, it reduces the complexity traditionally involved in configuring and managing multi-cloud networks.
Graph Source: Himanshu Mehra, Expanding Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Network with a Groundbreaking AWS Collaboration, Dec 1, 2025.
Key Drivers for the Interconnect:
- Responding to Single-Cloud Failure: Recent negative incidents, such as major cloud outages (e.g., the reported Amazon AWS outage in October 2025), underscore the inherent risk of reliance on a single provider. These events are the driving force behind enterprises seeking resilience and guaranteed business continuity through multi-cloud strategies.
- Driving Open Standards: The partnership is paving the way for a more open ecosystem by introducing a new Open Specification for Network Interoperability, encouraging other partners and cloud providers to adopt it. This is reinforced by plans for Microsoft Azure to join the program in 2026, expanding the cross-cloud connectivity standard.
- Serving AI Workloads: The demand for AI workloads, which require low-latency, high-throughput access to data distributed across multiple clouds, is a key driver for this high-speed, simplified interconnection. Salesforce is an early adopter, demonstrating the immediate enterprise need.
Public Cloud, Private Cloud, or Hybrid: A Comprehensive Solution for Modern Enterprises
The AWS-GCP Interconnect solves the technical challenge of multi-cloud connectivity, but achieving comprehensive optimization requires a broader Hybrid Cloud strategy. Therefore, while utilizing public cloud services, it is essential to understand their distinctions from the private cloud model. The table below compares the key characteristics of the three major cloud models:
Hybrid Cloud Solutions: The Next Step for Cloud Connectivity
While the AWS-GCP Interconnect offers a simplified way to connect AWS and GCP environments, hybrid cloud is the natural evolution for enterprises that want to optimize their cloud infrastructures. Hybrid cloud combines the flexibility of public cloud services with the control and security of private cloud environments.
The AWS-GCP Interconnect service plays a key role in this hybrid strategy by making it easier to connect workloads across multiple clouds, while hybrid cloud solutions address the broader needs of businesses in terms of data control, security, and cost predictability.
- Cost Optimization: Hybrid cloud models allow enterprises to run steady-state workloads on private cloud infrastructure, while utilizing public clouds for peak demand or specialized services, such as AI and machine learning.
- Data Sovereignty: By integrating public and private cloud solutions, businesses can ensure compliance with local data laws while taking full advantage of the scalability of public cloud platforms.
- Security and Control: Hybrid cloud ensures that sensitive data remains within the company’s control, mitigating the risks of using only public cloud services.
Conclusion: The Hybrid Cloud Path Forward
The collaboration between AWS and GCP to launch the AWS-GCP Interconnect is a significant milestone in simplifying multi-cloud strategies. However, for businesses seeking to future-proof their cloud infrastructure, hybrid cloud remains the most strategic approach. Hybrid solutions allow enterprises to harness the benefits of both public and private cloud services, ensuring they remain agile, secure, and cost-efficient.
Sangfor is committed to helping businesses implement this hybrid approach, providing the tools needed to create robust and scalable IT infrastructures that can adapt to evolving business needs.
Sangfor Unified Hybrid Cloud: A Cloud That Evolves with You
Just as AWS and GCP provide flexible and secure cloud solutions, Sangfor also offers a unified hybrid cloud solution that seamlessly integrates public and private clouds, helping businesses optimize flexibility and control:
- Private Cloud Foundation: Built on Sangfor Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), ideal for data centers and edge locations.
- Extension to Managed Cloud: Easily extend your on-premises data center to Sangfor Managed Cloud Services (MCS), ensuring smooth integration.
- Optimized Flexibility: Run workloads on-premises or in the cloud for better performance and cost optimization.
- Centralized Management: Simplify operations with a unified cloud management platform.
With Sangfor Hybrid Cloud Solution, enterprises can stay agile, control costs, and ensure long-term business continuity in an ever-evolving cloud landscape.
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FAQs: AWS-GCP Interconnect
AWS-GCP Interconnect is a newly launched service that allows businesses to quickly and easily establish dedicated 1-100 Gbps connections between AWS and GCP, simplifying multi-cloud connectivity.
The service simplifies the connection between AWS and GCP, enabling businesses to run workloads across multiple cloud platforms, thus advancing their multi-cloud strategy.
Hybrid cloud combines the benefits of public and private clouds, offering businesses the flexibility, security, and cost optimization they need for modern cloud strategies.
Hybrid cloud provides flexibility, cost savings, and data control, allowing enterprises to meet compliance requirements while optimizing their cloud resources.
