GTT Named a Google Gold Verified Peering Provider, Powering Global Connectivity for Production-Scale Enterprise AI

GTT Communications Inc., a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, has announced it has achieved Google Gold Verified Peering Provider status. The verification recognizes GTT and Google’s decadelong global partnership for physical, diverse interconnectivity between GTT’s global Tier 1 IP network and Google’s Edge Network.

GTT provides enterprise-grade connectivity to publicly available Google resources, including productivity tools, cloud platforms and AI solutions. GTT’s services are available from Google sales regions on all six continents, underscoring its global reach and commitment to connect, secure and simplify every aspect of distributed enterprise infrastructure.

“As enterprises scale AI from pilot to production, stitching together multicloud, hybrid and edge environments to build their AI factories, fast and secure connectivity becomes critical for innovation,” said Tom Major, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Technology, GTT. “GTT is at the forefront of building the infrastructure to power the next wave of enterprise AI deployment, ensuring highly available performance for enterprise AI operations, including those using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform and Google’s Gemini models on Google Cloud. Our status as a Google Gold Verified Peering Provider in every available region means customers can leverage the benefits of our global backbone to simplify management complexity and create fast, secure and scalable paths for their digital services, cloud and AI workloads.”

The announcement comes as enterprise AI adoption continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Forty-five percent of leaders in organizations with high AI maturity said their AI initiatives remain in production for three years or more to ensure sustained impact and value, according to a survey by Gartner^®. A recent GTT commissioned study also found that 67% of enterprises with multicloud architectures use AI-enhanced applications, showing the integration of AI into everyday business operations.

GTT’s global Tier 1 network, part of the GTT Envision platform, is consistently ranked as one of the world’s leading internet backbones. GTT and Google’s extensive interconnection setup enables enterprise customers to improve traffic predictability, minimize exposure to routing attacks or misconfigurations, and support secure, policy-driven network management.

GTT Envision allows customers to connect and automate orchestrated network and cloud functions anywhere in the world through a single technology platform. The GTT EnvisionDX digital experience provides network visibility to customers through real-time metrics from Google Cloud that enable data-driven decision-making. GTT’s experienced and certified professionals can support and advise customers with multicloud design, management and migration through its suite of Managed and Professional Services.