DENVER, April 9,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As the trusted network for AI,
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today announced at Next 25
that it is partnering with Google Cloud to deliver advanced cloud
and network solutions that meet the rising demands of enterprise
customers—particularly amid the rapid growth of AI workloads across
industries.
The partnership centers on three key initiatives that will
deliver the scalable, secure, and high-performance connectivity
enterprises need to power their AI-driven transformation:
- Integrating Google's new Cloud WAN with
Lumen connectivity services
- This will modernize Lumen's Network-as-a-Service offerings so
Lumen-managed SD-WAN and security services can be hosted in Google
Cloud regions.
- In partnership with Google Cloud, Lumen is enabling
direct 400 Gbps direct fiber connections from Google Cloud regions
directly to customer locations
- This will extend Lumen's connectivity to over 50,000 Lumen
locations to Google Cloud, allowing Lumen to deliver substantial
network capacity.
- Lumen will connect its encrypted network
to Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped
deployments
- This initiative provides Lumen's highly secure WAN network
solutions for Google Distributed Cloud and is designed to address
threats faced by large enterprises, financial services and public
sectors.
"Networks are the foundation of the AI revolution," said
Dave Ward, chief technology and
product officer at Lumen. "By combining Lumen's deep fiber
footprint and secure networking capabilities with Google's global
cloud reach infrastructure, we're giving enterprises the ability to
move data faster, more securely, and with the flexibility required
to support advanced AI workloads and distributed cloud
environments."
For more details, read Lumen's full blog here: Announcing
Lumen's Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud and Google's blog here: Connect Globally with Cloud
WAN for the AI era
Watch the conversation between Lumen's Dave Ward and Google Cloud's VP/GM of Networking
Muninder Sambi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvv4Q8Rx8Os
About Lumen Technologies
Lumen is unleashing the world's digital potential. We ignite
business growth by connecting people, data, and applications –
quickly, securely, and effortlessly. As the trusted network for AI,
Lumen uses the scale of our network to help companies realize AI's
full potential. From metro connectivity to long-haul data transport
to our edge cloud, security, managed service, and digital platform
capabilities, we meet our customers' needs today and as they build
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