Embodiments described herein involve learning and distributing associations between groups and addresses. Embodiments include receiving, by a first route server associated with a first central control plane (CCP) of a first data center, a definition of a first group. Embodiments include learning, by the first route server, a first association between the first group and one or more addresses based on the definition of the first group. Embodiments include transmitting, by the first route server, the first association to a second route server in a second CCP of a second data center. Embodiments include receiving, by the first route server, from the second route server, a second association between the first group and one or more additional addresses. Embodiments include storing, by the first route server, the first association and the second association in a table and programming, by the first central control plane, the hypervisor based on the table.