Akamai Shares Surge 16% on $11.6 Billion Computing Power Contract with Anthropic

BlockBeats news, September 25th, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, Akamai's stock surged 16% due to reaching a cooperation agreement with Anthropic, marking its largest gain since May 8th.

On September 24th, according to Bloomberg, AI developer Anthropic signed a seven-year computing power contract with Akamai worth a total of $11.6 billion, marking another massive deal in the AI computing infrastructure sector. This transaction set a record for the largest order in Akamai's corporate history. Under the agreement, Akamai will provide central processing unit (CPU) computing power to Anthropic to support its growing demand for artificial intelligence services.