Build resilient and scalable multicloud connectivity architectures with AWS Interconnect – multicloud

This article introduces AWS Interconnect – multicloud, a new service enabling private, managed Layer 3 connectivity between AWS and other cloud providers through pre-provisioned capacity at global Points of Presence.

• Eliminates manual cross-connects; API-driven provisioning between AWS and Google Cloud
• Pre-built capacity pools between select Direct Connect and Google Cloud Interconnect PoPs
• All traffic uses MACsec encryption; flows through private cloud provider backbones
• Available in five region pairs; more regions coming; free 1 Gbps preview connection per account
• Three reference architectures: single VPC with VGW, regional aggregation with Transit Gateway, global with Cloud WAN
• Supports multiple Interconnects for high availability and optimized latency across regions
• Open specification released on GitHub for other cloud providers to integrate

AWS Interconnect – multicloud simplifies multicloud networking by providing API-driven, private connectivity without physical provisioning complexity, supporting architectures from single VPC to global deployments.