AI, Enterprise SaaS Workloads Drive Akamai Cloud Momentum
Key Highlights
- ➤Software and SaaS companies represented the overwhelming majority of new customers
- ➤Akamai won customers for NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU instances
- ➤APJ and EMEA accounted for most new customer additions
- ➤Developer platform migration to Akamai LKE supports nearly 1,500 active microservices
- ➤Akamai added customer logos across business services, digital media, and streaming
Expert Statements
Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai
“As AI and data-heavy applications mature, the underlying infrastructure supporting them must evolve.”
Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai
“Enterprises can no longer afford to treat cloud compute as a one-size-fits-all model.”
Adam Karon, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager, Cloud Technology Group at Akamai
“That shift is why technology leaders are turning to Akamai for high-performance compute and GPU capacity where efficiency and scale matter most.”
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM) today announced a new wave of customer adoption for its Akamai Cloud Computing services. Leading software, digital media, and technology organizations are expanding their reliance on Akamai Cloud, driven by growing enterprise demand for high-performance CPU-based compute, specialized GPU capacity, and resilient storage.
This customer momentum reflects enterprise demand across critical technical requirements: from model training through low-latency inference, core-to-edge application hosting, and cloud disaster recovery, allowing organizations to optimize infrastructure performance, span workloads seamlessly, and control spending.
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