Akamai plans US$5.5 billion cloud buildout after US$11.6 billion Anthropic deal

, DIGITIMES, Taipei

Sep 25, 2026, 17:20 0

Akamai plans about US$5.5 billion in infrastructure spending tied to its expanded Anthropic cloud agreement. Credit: Akamai

Akamai Technologies plans to spend about US$5.5 billion building cloud infrastructure to support a US$11.6 billion, seven-year commitment from Anthropic, as the US cloud provider expands memory procurement, server hardware and distributed CPU capacity.

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