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# Google Cloud Private Service Connect Overview in Confluent Cloud

[Google Cloud Private Service Connect](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/private-service-connect) allows  one-way
secure connection from your VPC to Confluent Cloud clusters with added protection
against data exfiltration. This networking option is popular for its unique
combination of security and simplicity of setup for same and cross-region
connectivity using [PSC global access](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/about-accessing-vpc-hosted-services-endpoints#global-access).

In Confluent Cloud, for Dedicated Kafka clusters, you can set up an inbound
connectivity from Google Cloud VPC to a Confluent Cloud cluster or an outbound connectivity
from Confluent Cloud to a Google Cloud VPC using the following networking solutions:

| Supported networking solution                                                                                          | Supported services                                   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| [Inbound Private Service Connect - Dedicated](private-links/gcp-private-service-connect.md#private-service-connect-gc) | Dedicated Kafka                                      |
| [Inbound Private Service Connect - Serverless](gcp-platt.md#cloud-networking-privatelink-gc-esku)                      | - Enterprise Kafka<br/>- Flink<br/>- Schema Registry |
| [Outbound Private Service Connect - Dedicated](gcp-egress-psc.md#cloud-networking-gcp-psc-egress)                      | Connect with Dedicated Kafka                         |

When you use Private Service Connect, your cluster will not have public endpoints,
and you can only access your cluster from Private Service Connect endpoints in
accounts you have registered with Confluent Cloud.
