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Now wait... It isn't surprising that inside the datacenters most traffic flows unencrypted, but not encrypting links between datacenters?

Well...

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You can always encrypt on the client, so the Google data centers are just pushing encrypted blobs around.

It makes like a bit more complex, but PGP can be used for mail and here's how to protect GDrive files: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6644888

Remember these revelations date from a year or two ago, who knows what they're up to now?

You can always encrypt on the client, yes. But it is surprising that an entity such as Google doesn't understand that links between datacenters have multiple points out of Google's control where traffic can be intercepted.

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