AWS and Google Cloud expanded their joint multicloud initiative by adding a streamlined provisioning workflow and an open interoperability specification designed to remove the historical complexity of cloud-to-cloud networking. The enhanced service lets customers establish private, high-speed connectivity between AWS and Google Cloud without managing physical circuits, routing protocols, or interconnect hardware. From the AWS Console or CLI, users now configure multicloud links in three steps: specify the target cloud provider, select the destination region, and choose the required bandwidth. AWS then delivers a single attachment representing network capacity across clouds, turning what once required weeks of coordination into an on-demand experience.
The collaboration combines AWS Interconnect – multicloud with Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect, abstracting all physical infrastructure and pre-scaling capacity so customers operate through cloud-native automation rather than traditional telecom workflows. The providers jointly manage redundancy, monitoring, and operational support. Quad-redundant facilities and routers enhance resiliency, while MACsec encryption secures links between AWS and Google Cloud edge routers. The partners also released a unified API and specification designed for broad industry adoption, giving other cloud and network providers a framework to integrate similar multicloud connectivity into their platforms.
Enterprises working across multiple clouds gain a standardized approach for hybrid data movement, AI workloads, and cross-cloud analytics. Salesforce, an early adopter, highlighted the ability to deploy private connectivity to Google Cloud with the same operational model as AWS-native resources by tapping pre-built capacity pools and familiar automation tools. With the new APIs now open for others to adopt, AWS and Google Cloud aim to catalyze a broader shift toward interoperable, cloud-native networking fabrics.
• Three-step provisioning from the AWS Console/CLI: choose provider, select region, set bandwidth
• Single “attachment” object representing capacity between AWS and Google Cloud
• Physical infrastructure, scaling, and support fully managed by providers
• Joint API/specification released for broader multicloud adoption
• Quad-redundancy across facilities and routers
• MACsec encryption between cloud edge routers
• Private connectivity provisioned in minutes instead of weeks
• Integrated with AWS Interconnect – multicloud and Google Cloud Cross-Cloud Interconnect
“AWS Interconnect – multicloud allows us to establish these critical bridges to Google Cloud with the same ease as deploying internal AWS resources… This native, streamlined experience—from provisioning through ongoing support—accelerates our customers’ ability to ground their AI and analytics in trusted data, regardless of where it resides.” — Jim Ostrognai, SVP Software Engineering, Salesforce
🌐 Analysis: The expanded AWS–Google Cloud framework signals a shift toward standardized, provider-managed multicloud fabrics, reducing operational complexity for enterprises running distributed workloads. Similar moves across the industry—including Microsoft’s global cloud interconnect partnerships and Equinix’s standardized fabric APIs—indicate growing demand for predictable, automated cross-cloud networking. By opening the specification, AWS and Google Cloud position their approach as a potential baseline for future multicloud interoperability.
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