Amazon and Google unveiled a jointly developed multicloud networking service on Sunday, designed to meet surging enterprise demand for faster, more reliable cloud connectivity. The companies said the new system allows customers to set up private, high-speed links between AWS and Google Cloud in minutes, a dramatic improvement over the weeks-long provisioning processes that businesses previously faced.

The launch comes at a time when even brief internet disruptions can trigger major global outages, affecting infrastructure, commerce and widely used applications.

A Response to Rising Outage Risks

The announcement follows a significant Amazon Web Services outage on October 20, which disrupted thousands of websites worldwide. Popular apps including Snapchat and Reddit were knocked offline. Analytics firm Parametrix estimates that U.S. companies will face $500 million to $650 million in losses from that incident alone.

Against this backdrop, major cloud providers are under growing pressure to deliver more stable, resilient, and high-performance systems.

How the New Joint Service Works

The new solution combines AWS Interconnect–multicloud with Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect, improving interoperability between the platforms and simplifying how customers move data and workloads between them.

Robert Kennedy, VP of network services at AWS, described the collaboration as a “fundamental shift in multicloud connectivity.”
Rob Enns, VP and GM of cloud networking at Google Cloud, said the integration aims to make it easier for enterprises to operate seamlessly across cloud environments — an increasingly common architecture among large organizations.

Salesforce was identified as one of the early adopters, signaling strong enterprise interest.

Cloud Giants Race to Build AI-Ready Infrastructure

AWS continues to be the world’s largest cloud provider, ahead of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. As AI adoption accelerates, major tech companies — including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — are investing heavily in massive data infrastructure to support the growing surge in computing demand.

In the third quarter alone, Amazon’s cloud division generated $33 billion in revenue, more than double Google Cloud’s $15.16 billion, highlighting AWS’s commanding lead in the global market.

The new multicloud solution is expected to accelerate hybrid-cloud strategies across industries, improving resiliency and reducing the risk associated with outages or performance bottlenecks.