Akamai Technologies Soars on Anthropic Deal; Costco Earnings Beat | Stock Movers
THE SO WHAT
A seven-year, $11.6B compute deal with Anthropic turns Akamai from CDN story to AI infra story—long-duration AI contracts are becoming balance-sheet events. If you're a cloud or edge provider, expect RFPs to stretch to 5–7 years and bundle power, location, and model partnership into a single negotiation.
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