Akamai signs USD 11.6 billion, seven-year cloud services deal with Anthropic
Bitget2026/09/24 20:01- Akamai Technologies announced an $11.6 billion, seven-year cloud services commitment from Anthropic to support growing CPU workloads.
- Agreement includes potential expansion of up to $9 billion, lifting total potential commitment to about $20 billion.
- A warrant issued to Anthropic covers 7,700,000 shares on an as-converted basis, up to about 5% of common stock outstanding.
- Exercise price set at $111.33 per common share; about 2% expected to vest with the $11.6 billion commitment.
- Related capital expenditures estimated at about $5.5 billion; 2026 capex expected to rise by about $1.7 billion.
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