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Learn how Akamai Inference Cloud decentralizes AI to optimize latency, cost, and resource availability for production workloads.
Cloud infrastructure for AI inference and agentic AI at the edge
Agentic AI and inference are latency-sensitive and user-facing. Akamai Cloud runs GPU-accelerated AI on a globally distributed platform with built-in security and delivery so applications respond in real time and scale safely across edge and cloud.
Akamai Cloud — proven by customers
Discover how organizations use Akamai Cloud to run AI workloads and modern applications closer to users, at global scale.
Akamai Cloud core
Everything you need to build and run modern applications — delivered on a distributed cloud.
Akamai Inference Cloud
Provides scalable, secure, and low-latency AI inference globally to power the impending wave of physical and agentic AI.
Compute
Deploy VMs across a globally distributed cloud with GPU instances, Dedicated CPU, Shared CPU, and High Memory options. Choose the right VM shapes for your workload based on the price-performance profile you need.
Storage
Designed to help unify data and simplify operations, Akamai Cloud storage supports app development and data-driven insights. Purpose-built for the edge, it offers scalable, secure, high-performance storage to balance reliability and cost efficiency.
Networking
Built to help connect and protect distributed applications, Akamai Cloud networking services include DNS, load balancing, firewall capabilities, and private networking to support the delivery of reliable, scalable services across global infrastructure.
Serverless
Ship code fast without managing infrastructure. Write serverless functions and let the platform handle scale, capacity, and availability. Akamai runs serverless across a massively distributed edge and cloud so your logic executes closer to users, data, and real-world traffic.
Cloud Native
Run AI-powered and cloud native applications on managed Kubernetes with a pre-configured open source stack enabling multicloud architectures. Accelerate model deployment, APIs, and services without the operational overhead of running Kubernetes yourself.
Database
Quickly deploy a new database and defer management tasks like configurations, availability, disaster recovery, backups, and data replication.
Akamai’s transformation from CDN to distributed cloud provider
IDC report: Explore Akamai’s evolution into a cloud and cybersecurity leader with the world’s most distributed edge network.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Akamai Cloud is a globally distributed public cloud platform built into Akamai’s intelligent edge network. Unlike centralized hyperscalers, it runs compute and AI inference closer to users, delivering lower latency, built-in security support, and predictable performance by default.
Akamai Cloud is ideal for low-latency AI inference, real-time applications, media delivery, personalization, security workloads, and modern web and API services that benefit from running closer to end users across cloud and edge.
Yes. Akamai Cloud includes GPU cloud instances designed for AI inference workloads. Akamai Inference Cloud enables teams to run models closer to users, reducing latency and cost with low egress fees while scaling inference globally across a distributed platform. https://www.akamai.com/products/gpu
Yes. Akamai Cloud is open by design and built to complement existing cloud environments in support of multicloud architectures. Teams can integrate Akamai Cloud with hyperscalers to run workloads closer to users without vendor lock-in or forced migrations.
Akamai Cloud is built into an intelligent global edge network that screens malicious traffic and optimizes application performance automatically. Security and performance are not add-ons but core capabilities of the platform.
Akamai Cloud runs on one of the world’s most distributed platforms, spanning thousands of locations across hundreds of cities and countries. This architecture places compute within milliseconds of end users worldwide. https://www.akamai.com/why-akamai/global-infrastructure
Yes. Akamai Cloud is designed for cost efficiency with transparent pricing and low egress fees. This helps teams control costs as they scale AI, media, and performance-sensitive workloads globally. https://www.akamai.com/cloud/pricing
Developers sign up to Akamai and start a free account. They can also get started through Akamai’s APIs, SDKs, and examples available on GitHub. Akamai is also a proud maintainer of the CNCF Spin and SpinKube project and offers the open source App Platform to help developers build an IDP more easily. These tools make it easy to build, test, and deploy applications across cloud, edge, and AI workloads. https://github.com/akamai-developers
Akamai Cloud is a full public cloud platform with compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, serverless, and AI services delivered on a globally distributed architecture.