Interconnect

This is where the magic happens. You’ll create the cross-cloud link that connects your AWS and GCP networks over a managed, private path.

The three manual steps

These steps can’t be automated in Terraform yet. Each builds on the previous:

1. AWS Interconnect (console) — Create the multicloud interconnect and get an activation key
2. GCP Transport (gcloud) — Use the activation key to create a Partner Cross-Cloud transport
3. VPC Peering (gcloud) — Peer your workload VPC to the transport’s managed peering network

How it flows

AWS Interconnect (console)
       │
       ▼ activation key
GCP Transport (gcloud beta)
       │
       ▼ peeringNetwork
VPC Peering (gcloud)
       │
       ▼ routes flow
Private connectivity ✓

After all three are complete, AWS will transition from pending to available (typically 5–30 minutes). Then routes exchange and you can ping across clouds.