+Google CloudPrivate Link to Google Cloud. Included Free.
Every Bit Refinery server comes with a free private connection to Google Cloud. No interconnect fees. No egress charges over the private link. Sub-millisecond local latency to Google's network edge.
Bit Refinery provides direct private peering to Google's network from our Denver facility, delivering similar benefits to Google Cloud Interconnect without the associated fees. This is not an official Google Cloud Interconnect service.
Private Cloud Connectivity That Others Charge
Thousands Per Month For
AWS Direct Connect. Azure ExpressRoute. Google Partner Interconnect. Every major cloud charges $1,000–$10,000+ per month just for a private connection. Bit Refinery maintains a private peering link into Google's network at our Denver data center — and it's included with every server at no extra cost.
"Own the Base, Rent the Spike" becomes a deliverable architecture: run steady-state workloads on bare metal where compute is cheapest, burst to Google Cloud for peaks, and connect them with a free private link that makes hybrid feel like one environment.
Interconnect Cost Comparison
What a private cloud connection costs across major providers.
| Provider | Type | Speed | Monthly Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bit Refinery | Private peering | Included | $0included |
| AWS Direct Connect | Dedicated | 10 Gbps | $1,500–$2,250/mo |
| Azure ExpressRoute | Dedicated | 10 Gbps | $5,000–$8,000/mo |
| GCP Partner Interconnect | VLAN attachment | 10 Gbps | $1,700+/mo |
Thousands per year in interconnect savings
Before counting egress savings from private link traffic
Reference Architectures
Real hybrid patterns that combine bare metal performance with Google Cloud services — connected by the free private link.
Analytics & Data Warehouse
Run ClickHouse or Trino on bare metal for heavy analytical queries. Sync results to BigQuery for BI dashboards and cross-team access — all over the private link.
- ClickHouse on bare metal
- BigQuery for BI & reporting
- Cloud Storage for data lake
- Dataflow for ETL pipelines
AI / ML Pipeline
Train models on colocated GPUs with direct NVMe access. Push trained models to Vertex AI for serving and auto-scaling inference — no public internet in the loop.
- GPU bare metal for training
- Vertex AI for model serving
- Cloud Storage for datasets
- Artifact Registry for containers
Disaster Recovery
Primary workloads on bare metal with real-time replication to GCP. Failover to pre-warmed GCE instances or GKE clusters over the private interconnect.
- VergeOS snapshots & replication
- GCE standby instances
- Cloud SQL read replicas
- Cross-region GCS buckets
Media & Content Delivery
Store origin media on bare metal object storage. Push to Google CDN for global distribution. Process and transcode on local hardware, deliver worldwide.
- MinIO origin storage
- Google Cloud CDN
- Transcoding on bare metal
- YouTube infrastructure access
Why Private Cloud Interconnect?
The advantages of a dedicated physical link versus VPN tunnels or public internet.
Zero Interconnect Cost
AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute charge $1K–$10K+/month just for the connection. Bit Refinery's private link to Google is included with your server — no port fees, no cross-connect charges.
Data Gravity Advantage
Keep your data on bare metal where compute is cheapest. Query, transform, and process locally — send only results to the cloud. Your data stays where it's most cost-effective.
Consistent Low Latency
Sub-millisecond local latency to Google's network edge, with ultra-low end-to-end latency to GCP services. No internet routing variability, no congestion — just a dedicated path to Google's network.
Hybrid Flexibility
Own the base, rent the spike. Run steady-state on bare metal and burst to GCP for peak demand. The private link makes hybrid feel like a single environment.
Industries We Serve
Hybrid bare metal + Google Cloud infrastructure for teams that need performance, scale, and cost control.
- Ad Tech & Real-Time Bidding— low-latency data pipelines, BigQuery analytics, burst compute
- AI / ML— GPU training on bare metal, Vertex AI serving, dataset sync
- Media & Entertainment— origin storage, Cloud CDN distribution, transcoding
- Financial Services— private connectivity, compliance, disaster recovery
- SaaS & Technology— hybrid architectures, burst scaling, multi-cloud
Our Process
Four stages from workload assessment to optimized hybrid production.
Assess
Map your workloads: what runs on-prem, what bursts to cloud, and what data moves between them.
Design
Architect the hybrid topology — VLANs, BGP peering, firewall rules, and GCP project structure.
Migrate
Provision bare metal, establish interconnect sessions, migrate workloads with validation at each stage.
Optimize
Tune routing, implement cost controls, and establish monitoring for the hybrid environment.
Why Choose Bit Refinery?
What you get with Bit Refinery that no hyperscaler or colo provider includes.
Included Private Peering to GCP
A private interconnect to Google's network — included at no extra cost. No port fees, no cross-connect charges, no monthly interconnect bill.
Bare Metal Performance
Dedicated hardware with no virtualization overhead. Every CPU cycle and disk IOP reaches your workload. No noisy neighbors, no shared tenancy.
$0 Egress Over Private Link
Data moving between your bare metal and Google Cloud over the private interconnect avoids standard egress fees. Keep more of your budget for actual compute.
17+ Years Experience
Bit Refinery has operated its own Denver data center since 2007. Direct relationships with upstream carriers and peering partners — not a reseller.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Connect to Google Cloud for Free?
No sales pitch. Just a technical conversation with an infrastructure engineer about your workloads, your hybrid architecture, and how a free private link changes the math.