---
title: "Architecture"
description: "Reference content for Calico Cloud architecture including connected cluster diagram, network design, and the data path between workloads."
product: "Calico Cloud"
version: "v23.0.1"
section: "Reference"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/reference/architecture/"
---

# Architecture

## [📄️'The Calico Cloud data path: IP routing and iptables'](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/reference/architecture/data-path.md)

[Reference covering the Calico Cloud data path explaining how packets flow between workloads and to external destinations in connected clusters.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/reference/architecture/data-path.md)

## [🗃Network design](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/reference/architecture/design.md)

[2 items](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-cloud/reference/architecture/design.md)