+Google CloudPrivate Link to Google Cloud. Included Free.
Every Bit Refinery server comes with a free private connection to Google Cloud. No interconnect fees. $0 egress from bare metal to GCP. Reduced Google egress rates over the private link. Sub-millisecond latency to Google's network edge.
Direct private peering to Google's network from our Denver facility — not an official Google Cloud Interconnect service. Contact us about Seattle connectivity.
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 | $0(included) |
| 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
How Data Transfer Costs Work
Transparent pricing — no surprises when you get the bill.
Total cost per GB — completely free
- Bit Refinery egress: $0
- Google ingress: $0
Push query results to BigQuery, sync datasets to Cloud Storage, deploy models to Vertex AI
75–90% less than standard GCP internet egress ($0.08–$0.23/GB)
- Google interconnect egress: ~$0.02/GB
- Bit Refinery ingress: $0
Pull data from Cloud Storage, receive API responses, replicate from Cloud SQL
The private peering link eliminates the interconnect infrastructure cost (typically $1,500–$8,000/month) and reduces Google's per-GB egress rate. Architect your hybrid workloads so heavy data stays on bare metal and only results flow to the cloud — most data moves in the free direction.
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. Only aggregated results and dashboards push to BigQuery — keeping most data movement in the free direction. Pull only the lightweight insights you need back.
- ClickHouse on bare metal
- BigQuery for BI & reporting
- Cloud Storage for data lake
- Dataflow for ETL pipelines
AI / ML Pipeline
Training datasets stay on local NVMe storage for maximum throughput. Only trained model weights (~MBs vs TB+ datasets) push to Vertex AI for serving — uploads to GCP are $0. Inference requests return over the low-latency private link.
- 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 — replication pushes snapshots into GCP at $0 egress. Failover traffic from GCP to bare metal uses reduced interconnect rates.
- VergeOS snapshots & replication
- GCE standby instances
- Cloud SQL read replicas
- Cross-region GCS buckets
Media & Content Delivery
Origin media is processed and transcoded locally. Finished assets push to Google CDN for global delivery — origin-to-GCP uploads are $0. Heavy processing stays local, only distribution hits the cloud.
- 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 From Bare Metal
Data flowing from your servers to Google Cloud costs nothing — $0 on both sides. Data flowing from GCP back to bare metal is billed at Google's reduced interconnect rate (~$0.02/GB), saving 75–90% versus standard internet egress.
17+ Years Experience
Bit Refinery has operated its own Denver data center since 2008. 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.