Akamai

Akamai Cloud rents compute capacity on infrastructure built from Akamai’s cloud platform and former Linode footprint. It now offers GPU-backed instances and AI inference-oriented products alongside its broader edge and cloud network.

Ecosystem functionAkamai Cloud is the edge-proximate compute seller in this layer, differentiated by distribution close to network edges rather than giant centralized training clusters.

Business modeledge cloud IaaS