Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud have jointly launched a new multicloud networking service designed to provide faster and more reliable connectivity between their cloud platforms.
The announcement, made on Sunday, marks an unprecedented partnership between two of the world’s largest cloud providers, reflecting growing customer demand for secure and efficient data exchange across multiple clouds.
The new service enables customers to set up private, high-speed connections between AWS and Google Cloud within minutes rather than weeks, a significant improvement in deployment speed. The move comes as even brief internet outages can have costly ripple effects across industries increasingly reliant on cloud-based systems.
Response to Rising Outage Concerns
The collaboration follows a major AWS outage on October 20, which disrupted thousands of websites and popular apps, including Snapchat and Reddit. Analytics firm Parametrix estimated that the incident cost U.S. businesses between $500 million and $650 million.
The joint service merges AWS Interconnect – Multicloud with Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect, improving network interoperability between the two platforms. “This collaboration between AWS and Google Cloud represents a fundamental shift in multicloud connectivity,” said Robert Kennedy, vice president of network services at AWS.
Rob Enns, vice president and general manager of cloud networking at Google Cloud, said the new initiative would simplify how customers move data and applications between clouds. “It’s about giving users flexibility and resilience without the complexity of managing multiple separate systems,” he added.
Early Users and Market Impact
Salesforce has already adopted the joint approach as one of its early users, according to a Google Cloud statement. The partnership is expected to appeal to large enterprises that depend on multiple cloud providers for redundancy, data sovereignty, or compliance reasons.
AWS remains the world’s largest cloud provider, followed by Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. In the third quarter, Amazon’s cloud division generated $33 billion in revenue, more than double Google Cloud’s $15.16 billion.
The collaboration underscores how major tech firms are investing billions to strengthen digital infrastructure and support the explosion of data-intensive technologies such as artificial intelligence. As AI workloads grow, the ability to move information seamlessly and securely across cloud environments has become increasingly critical.
The new service aims to ensure that global customers from governments to startups can maintain uninterrupted access to the tools driving their digital transformation.
(with inputs from Reuters)
