Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal

Anthropic committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, with potential spending rising to roughly $20 billion. Akamai will provide Anthropic with an equity-linked arrangement worth up to a 5% stake, increasing as Anthropic's spending grows. The agreement is a major AI-infrastructure win for Akamai and signals substantial demand for CPU-based cloud capacity.