AWS Interconnect goes GA
AWS announced general availability of AWS Interconnect, a multicloud service designed to provide resilient, high‑speed links between cloud providers (x.com). The GA announcement frames Interconnect as a tool for customers needing multicloud connectivity without vendor lock‑in (x.com).
Amazon Web Services has made AWS Interconnect generally available, turning its multicloud networking service from preview into a launch product customers can buy now. (aws.amazon.com) The service creates private, managed Layer 3 links between Amazon Virtual Private Cloud networks and other cloud providers, starting with Google Cloud at launch. Amazon Web Services said Microsoft Azure support is scheduled for later in 2026. (aws.amazon.com) Amazon Web Services first put Interconnect into preview in November 2025, and the general release adds the ability to change bandwidth on an existing multicloud connection without rebuilding it. Amazon Web Services documentation says new links between Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud can be provisioned in minutes. (aws.amazon.com, docs.aws.amazon.com) Cloud networking is the plumbing that moves data between applications, databases, and users. Interconnect is aimed at companies that run those systems across more than one provider and want traffic to stay on private backbones instead of crossing the public internet. (aws.amazon.com, docs.aws.amazon.com) Amazon Web Services is pitching that setup as a way to avoid the do-it-yourself model, where customers stitch clouds together with virtual routers, colocation contracts, and multiple network vendors. The company said Interconnect ties into Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Amazon Web Services Transit Gateway, and Amazon Web Services Cloud WAN. (aws.amazon.com, aws.amazon.com) The launch also extends a partnership announced with Google Cloud in late 2025. The two companies said then that the service used both AWS Interconnect and Google Cloud Cross-Cloud Interconnect, along with a shared interoperability specification for automating setup. (aws.amazon.com) Amazon Web Services paired the general release with a second feature called AWS Interconnect last mile, which connects branch offices, data centers, and remote sites to Amazon Web Services through existing carrier networks. The company said that option is designed to simplify the final stretch of private connectivity into Amazon Web Services. (aws.amazon.com, docs.aws.amazon.com) The bet is that more customers will keep splitting workloads across clouds even as providers compete for consolidation. With Interconnect now out of preview, Amazon Web Services is trying to make multicloud links look more like a standard utility than a custom network project. (aws.amazon.com, aws.amazon.com)
