Google Cloud Interconnect for enterprise cloud connectivity
Connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud through a private, dedicated route designed for mission-critical operations.
Cloud Connect by Flō Networks enables direct, resilient, and scalable connectivity to Google Cloud.
Cloud Connect by Flō Networks for Google Cloud Interconnect
Google Cloud Interconnect enables enterprises to extend their private network into Google Cloud with high-availability, low-latency connectivity for critical cloud traffic.
Cloud Connect by Flō Networks helps your organization connect offices, data centers, manufacturing sites, and colocation environments to Google Cloud through our private fiber network, operated end to end.
Enable analytics applications, databases, AI workloads, financial systems, industrial platforms, and mission-critical workloads in Google Cloud to operate with greater stability, more predictable latency, and stronger operational control.
Private path to Google Cloud
Private connectivity to Google Cloud without relying on the public Internet.
Dedicated connectivity
Flexible capacity from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps, depending on location and connection model.
High availability
Redundant architectures with dual VLAN attachments for critical cloud workloads.
Premium Network Tier
Move enterprise traffic through Google’s global private fiber network for high-performance cloud connectivity.
Expert support
Monitoring and operation by AI-assisted expert engineers from Flō’s NOC.
Mission-critical design
Support for hybrid cloud, multicloud, and disaster recovery architectures.
Why connect to Google Cloud through a private route?
When an enterprise connects to Google Cloud over the public Internet, critical traffic may be exposed to congestion, unpredictable routing, latency variation, and limited operational visibility.
A private connection through Google Cloud Interconnect provides a more controlled route between your infrastructure and the cloud.
Key benefits
More predictable performance
Reduce traffic variability and improve consistency for latency-sensitive applications.
Improved traffic privacy
Keep critical workloads off the public Internet and move traffic through a private, controlled route.
Cloud scalability
Adjust capacity as Google Cloud workloads, users, applications, and data requirements grow.
Business continuity
Build redundant architectures that reduce single points of failure and improve availability.
Stronger IT control
Gain greater visibility into connectivity between offices, data centers, colocation environments, and Google Cloud resources.
Built for mission-critical cloud operations
Cloud adoption continues to expand across industries where application performance, availability, and data movement directly affect the business, including financial services, manufacturing, retail, logistics, healthcare, digital services, and enterprises with distributed operations.
For organizations running critical applications in Google Cloud, connectivity requires stability, redundancy, and control.
Cloud Connect is designed for enterprises that need to:
- Connect corporate offices, data centers, manufacturing sites, or colocation environments to Google Cloud
- Migrate critical applications to the cloud without compromising performance.
- Support hybrid cloud strategies.
- Improve continuity for digital services and business applications.
- Design disaster recovery architectures.
- Connect operations across the United States, Mexico, and Latin America with GCP.
- Reduce reliance on the public Internet for sensitive or high-priority workloads.
Why Flō Networks?
Cloud connectivity backed by owned infrastructure, expert operations, and cross-border reach
Flō Networks combines a binational fiber network, decades of enterprise connectivity experience, and cloud interconnection capabilities to design private connectivity solutions for Google Cloud Interconnect.
Unlike a generic Internet connection, Cloud Connect by Flō Networks is designed around the real operating needs of your business: site locations, application criticality, latency requirements, redundancy needs, expected growth, and cloud strategy.
Private network optimized for cloud
Connect your infrastructure to Google Cloud through private routes designed for stability, performance, and scalability.
Redundant architecture
Design connectivity with diverse links, routes, equipment, and locations to reduce single points of failure.
End-to-end operation
Support the full lifecycle of your Google Cloud connectivity, from architecture and implementation to monitoring and support.
Experience in critical environments
Operate architectures for business continuity, hybrid cloud, multicloud, disaster recovery, and latency-sensitive applications.
Operations aligned with global standards
Cloud connectivity requires consistent processes, monitoring, support, and operational controls.
Flō operates enterprise connectivity services in line with international security and quality standards.
Resilience should match the criticality of your operation
Flō Networks designs Google Cloud connectivity architectures with the appropriate level of redundancy, route diversity, and operational protection for each environment.
Scenario 1: single site, single connection
A simple connection may be sufficient for non-critical environments, but it keeps single points of failure at the site, equipment, and link level.
Not recommended for critical production workloads.
Scenario 2: single site with local redundancy
Adds protection against equipment or link failure within the same site.
Adds protection against equipment or link failure within the same site.
Recommended for important workloads, but it does not protect against a full site outage.
Scenario 3: multiple sites with geographic diversity
Separates physical connection points to reduce risk from site-level failures or fiber cuts.
Separates physical connection points to reduce risk from site-level failures or fiber cuts.
Useful for business continuity, though each site should still be evaluated for local redundancy.
Access strategic Google Cloud Interconnect locations
Cloud Connect by Flō Networks connects enterprise operations with strategic Google Cloud interconnection points across Mexico and the United States.
We design the connection route based on the location of your infrastructure, selected Google Cloud region, workload criticality, capacity requirements, and redundancy strategy.
For enterprises with distributed or cross-border operations, Flō can help build private Google Cloud connectivity architectures with low-latency access through key interconnection points such as Querétaro, Miami, and Dallas.
Interconnection Locations
- Queretaro Mexico - Equinix MX1
- Queretaro Mexico - KIO Networks
- Miami Equinix MI1
- Dallas Equinix DA1
Google Cloud regions
- us-central1 (Iowa)
- us-east1 (Carolina del Sur)
- us-south1
- Additional regions depending on architecture and configuration
Use cases for Google Cloud Interconnect with Flō Networks
Hybrid cloud with Google Cloud
Extend on-premises infrastructure into Google Cloud and access services such as Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and Vertex AI without exposing critical traffic to the public Internet.
Cloud migration
Move large volumes of data and critical applications to Google Cloud through private connectivity designed to reduce dependence on public Internet performance.
Data and AI workloads
Support analytics in BigQuery, AI workloads in Vertex AI, and high-volume data movement between enterprise infrastructure and Google Cloud.
Disaster recovery and high availability
Design redundant VLAN attachments across one or more metros to improve continuity if a link, device, or site fails.
Private access to Google services
Enable private access strategies for Google Cloud APIs, Google services, and selected enterprise use cases that require more controlled connectivity.
Multicloud with GCP
Use Google Cloud as part of a multicloud architecture with private connectivity strategies that can integrate AWS, Azure, OCI, and other environments.
How we implement your OCI connection
From architecture to operational monitoring
Technical assessment
We evaluate your sites, data centers, workloads, Google Cloud regions, bandwidth requirements, latency needs, security requirements, and continuity goals.
Architecture design
We define the connectivity model, capacity, routes, redundancy, VLAN attachments, Cloud Router configuration, and high-availability architecture.
Implementation
We coordinate service provisioning, network configuration, and activation with the technical teams involved.
Monitoring and support
We operate the connection from Flō’s NOC, with support from AI-assisted expert engineers and service performance visibility through our OHOS customer portal.
Elasticity as OCI adoption grows
We adjust capacity and architecture as your cloud workloads, data strategy, and business requirements evolve.
Design the right private connection to Google Cloud
Move critical workloads to Google Cloud through a private, scalable route designed for performance, resilience, and operational continuity.
Flō Networks helps you define, implement, and operate the connectivity your business needs to connect offices, data centers, colocation environments, and cloud resources with greater performance, security, and control.
Request a Google Cloud Interconnect assessment with Flō Networks
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Google Cloud Interconnect?
Google Cloud Interconnect is a Google Cloud service that connects an enterprise network to Google Cloud VPC networks through private connectivity, reducing reliance on the public Internet for critical cloud traffic.
What is Google Cloud Interconnect used for in an enterprise?
It is used to connect data centers, offices, manufacturing sites, colocation environments, or on-premises infrastructure with Google Cloud resources through a private route with greater stability and operational control.
What is the difference between Google Cloud Interconnect and dedicated Internet access?
Dedicated Internet access connects your business to the public Internet. Google Cloud Interconnect establishes a private connection to Google Cloud for critical cloud traffic, hybrid cloud environments, enterprise applications, analytics, AI, and workloads that require greater consistency.
What is the difference between Dedicated Interconnect and Partner Interconnect?
Dedicated Interconnect allows an enterprise to establish a direct physical connection with Google’s network at an interconnection location. Partner Interconnect allows an enterprise to connect to Google Cloud through an authorized service provider, such as Flō Networks, without needing to be physically present at a Google interconnection location.
Does Flō Networks offer Google Cloud Interconnect?
Yes. Flō Networks enables private connectivity to Google Cloud through Cloud Connect, with design, implementation, monitoring, and support capabilities for enterprises in the United States, Mexico, and Latin America.
What types of companies need Google Cloud Interconnect?
Organizations with critical applications in Google Cloud, distributed operations, hybrid cloud environments, latency-sensitive workloads, backup and disaster recovery needs, analytics platforms, AI workloads, digital platforms, or high business-continuity requirements can benefit from Google Cloud Interconnect.
Does Google Cloud Interconnect replace my Internet connection?
Not necessarily. Google Cloud Interconnect connects your network to Google Cloud through a private route. Your business can continue using dedicated Internet access for web browsing, SaaS platforms, email, user traffic, and other public services.
What capacity can I get with Google Cloud Interconnect through Flō?
Flō can design and implement flexible capacity based on the location, connectivity model, technical requirements, and Google Cloud architecture required by your organization.
Does Google Cloud Interconnect improve security?
Google Cloud Interconnect helps keep critical Google Cloud traffic off the public Internet, improving route control and traffic privacy. It should still be complemented by the appropriate security architecture, network segmentation, encryption, and cloud controls.
Can I design a redundant connection to Google Cloud?
Yes. Flō can design architectures with multiple links, routes, devices, locations, or VLAN attachments to improve resilience and reduce single points of failure in the connectivity path to Google Cloud.
Does Google Cloud Interconnect support hybrid cloud environments?
Yes. Google Cloud Interconnect is especially useful for enterprises that maintain applications, data, or critical systems in on-premises infrastructure and need to connect them with Google Cloud resources through a private route.
What is the difference between Cloud VPN and Cloud Interconnect?
Cloud VPN connects networks to Google Cloud through encrypted tunnels over the Internet. Cloud Interconnect provides private connectivity to Google Cloud, which can offer greater stability, capacity, and control for critical or high-volume workloads.
What is a VPC in Google Cloud?
A Virtual Private Cloud, or VPC, is a virtual network inside Google Cloud where resources such as applications, virtual machines, databases, and cloud services are connected and organized.
What is Cloud Router in Google Cloud?
Cloud Router is the Google Cloud component that dynamically exchanges routes between an enterprise network and a VPC network, typically using BGP, to maintain connectivity between both environments.
Cloud Connect and Google Cloud glossary
Partner Interconnect
A Cloud Interconnect model where the customer connects to Google Cloud through an authorized service provider such as Flō Networks, without needing to be physically present in a Google colocation facility.
Interconnect Location
The colocation facility where Google has a physical presence and where a Dedicated Interconnect connection can be established.
Cloud Connect
A Flō Networks service that enables private, dedicated connectivity between enterprise infrastructure and cloud providers such as Google Cloud.
Dedicated Connection
A physical port dedicated to a customer at a Google Cloud Interconnect location.
Google Peering Edge
The Google edge router at the colocation facility where Flō Networks, or the customer in the case of Dedicated Interconnect, terminates the physical link. It is the entry point into Google’s global private network.
VLAN Attachment
The logical interface that associates a VLAN segment on the physical link with a Google Cloud VPC.
Google VPC
A global virtual private network inside Google Cloud where customer resources run, including Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Google Kubernetes Engine, and other services. A Google Cloud VPC is global, so one VPC can include subnets across multiple regions.
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
A standard dynamic routing protocol used between autonomous systems. Cloud Interconnect uses BGP to exchange routes between the customer network and Google Cloud.
Dynamic Routing
A Google Cloud routing mode where Cloud Router learns and advertises routes automatically through BGP. Dynamic routing allows network topology changes to propagate automatically between the customer network and Google Cloud.
Shared VPC
A VPC shared across multiple Google Cloud projects. Cloud Interconnect can connect to a Shared VPC, allowing one physical connection to support multiple Google Cloud projects depending on the architecture.
Google Premium Network Tier
The Google Cloud network tier that uses Google’s global private fiber network to route traffic. Cloud Interconnect uses Premium Tier so traffic inside Google’s network stays on Google’s private backbone rather than taking standard public Internet routes.
Google Cloud Regions
The geographic areas where Google Cloud services are hosted. From Flō Networks locations, primary accessible regions may include us-central1 in Iowa, us-east1 in South Carolina, and us-south1 in Dallas, depending on architecture and configuration.
PoP / Point of Presence
A physical network presence where interconnection services are enabled.
Latency
The time it takes for a data packet to travel between two points on a network. For critical applications, stable latency can be just as important as low latency.
Private Network
Connectivity that avoids the public Internet and transports traffic through controlled or dedicated infrastructure.
Route Diversity
A design approach that uses independent physical or logical paths to reduce the risk of disruption from a single failure.
High Availability
A connectivity architecture designed to keep operations running through link, equipment, or location failures.
Disaster recovery
A strategy for recovering systems, applications, or data after a critical failure.
SLA
A service-level agreement that defines commitments related to availability, support, or service operation.
