Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions, Industrial  -  May 7, 2024

Akamai Technologies to Decarbonize Emission-Intensive Grids

Akamai Technologies, Inc., a  cloud computing and security company, is targeting net-zero emissions across Scopes 1 and 2 and plans to decarbonize infrastructure by focusing on emission-intensive grids.

The company is working to improve power consumption through software advancements and the deployment of efficient hardware across Akamai Connected Cloud.

As announced in its 2023 sustainability report, Akamai remains committed to powering Akamai Connected Cloud and global operations with 100% renewable energy and is partnering with providers of business sustainability ratings and working directly with data center providers to understand where suppliers are in their sustainability journey.

"With its substantial role in the internet ecosystem, Akamai recognizes it has a responsibility to reduce its environmental impacts," said Mike Mattera, Director of Corporate Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer at Akamai, in a statement. "Last year Akamai unveiled Akamai Connected Cloud and its cloud computing services. This expansion meant reanalyzing the company's energy needs, forecasts, and sources to reflect the continued build-out of our massively distributed edge and cloud platform."

Akamai's cloud computing capabilities run on Akamai Connected Cloud, a distributed cloud platform, with more than 4,100 edge points of presence (PoPs) that brings cloud computing services to underserved and difficult-to-reach locations. The ability to scale compute resources minimizes the need to scale up centrally to serve end user demand. Points of presence located closer to the end user reduce the distance data needs to travel, making it more energy efficient.

Reduced energy needs lowers overall emissions output from the platform when compared with a more traditional cloud. It also helps make workloads more resource-efficient by enabling processing and utilization closer to the source or end user, while improving reliability and resilience and reducing the risk of downtime that could cause a negative environmental impact. 

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