Anthropic locks in seven years of Akamai CPU capacity for $11.6 billion
The signed contract discloses amount, term and warrant terms, making Anthropic's CPU-side compute procurement quantifiable for the first time.
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Anthropic has signed a seven-year, $11.6 billion contract under which Akamai will carry its CPU workloads.
Akamai, a publicly listed company selling cloud computing, security and content delivery, announced the deal on September 24. The commitment corresponds to about $5.5 billion in additional total capital expenditure for Akamai, and the two parties can expand the contract by up to a further $9 billion.
Akamai also issued warrants letting Anthropic buy up to 5% of its outstanding common stock, with 2% tied to this commitment and the remaining 3% to future expansions. The figures are a spending commitment; the announcement does not state the delivery schedule for the capacity.