receiving a request from a client to establish a network connection between a private network and a remote network, the request including a selection of a virtual network residing at the private network;

establishing a transit connection between the virtual network and an exchange port established in association with the private network;

establishing a first network connection between the exchange port and an intermediary cross connect network;

establishing a second network connection between the intermediary cross connect network and the remote network; and

extending a virtual local area network (VLAN) connected to the virtual network of the client at the private network to the remote network via the network connection, the network connection comprising the first network connection and the second network connection.