Cloudflare Network Interconnect
Directly connect your on-premises and cloud networks to Cloudflare's network
Set up direct physical or partner-delivered interconnections directly with the Cloudflare network — connections are available at over 330 cities in 125 countries. You can also connect virtually from over 13,000 locations through our Network Interconnect partnerships.
With Cloudflare Network Interconnect, you get the power of Cloudflare at your network edge.
Benefits of Cloudflare Network Interconnect
Better performance and reliability
With no intermediary networks between you and Cloudflare, you get faster performance and reduce unpredictability.
More secure
Each interconnection is reserved exclusively for the customer that provisions it — ensuring customer traffic is isolated and private.
Lower costs
Customers can benefit from reduced transit provider costs and may also be able to lower egress costs in the event of a cache miss.
HOW IT WORKS
Direct physical or virtual partner connections with the Cloudflare network
Cloudflare Network Interconnect is the on-ramp that allows our customers to interconnect their data centers directly with Cloudflare, increasing the benefits from Cloudflare products like Magic Transit (for DDoS), Zero Trust (for user and device security), Workers (for building applications), and more.
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What our customers are saying
"Everything that we do is focused on building a solution that can scale while providing the level of service that our customers expect. Cloudflare solutions give us that scalability and free up our teams' time and energy to focus on proactive features and solutions."
CTO — Kinsta
Top Network Interconnect use cases
Complement ZTNA with connections to application networks
Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy access VPNs with Cloudflare’s global network. Cloudflare Network Interconnect establishes direct connections from Cloudflare to your private applications hosted on-premises or in public clouds.
Reduce attack surface
Privately connect to Cloudflare so that your application networks have no Internet-facing exposure.
Helping organizations worldwide protect and accelerate their networks
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