The role of service providers to establish private connectivity between on-premises networks and

Google Cloud resources is to facilitate direct, dedicated network connections through Google Cloud

Interconnect. Google Cloud Interconnect is a service that allows customers to connect their on-

premises networks to Google Cloud through a service provider partner. This provides low latency,

high bandwidth, and secure connectivity to Google Cloud services, such as Google Compute Engine,

Google Cloud Storage, and Google BigQuery. Google Cloud Interconnect also supports hybrid cloud

scenarios, such as extending on-premises networks to Google Cloud regions, or connecting multiple

Google Cloud regions together. Google Cloud Interconnect offers two types of connections:

Dedicated Interconnect and Partner Interconnect. Dedicated Interconnect provides physical

connections between the customer’s network and Google’s network at a Google Cloud Interconnect

location. Partner Interconnect provides virtual connections between the customer’s network and

Google’s network through a supported service provider partner. Both types of connections use VLAN

attachments to establish private connectivity to Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

networks. Reference:

Designing and Implementing Cloud Connectivity (ENCC) v1.0

[Google Cloud Interconnect Overview]

[Google Cloud Interconnect Documentation]