Akamai Technologies has observed a significant rise in customer adoption of its cloud computing services, driven mainly by demand for high-performance computing for AI and enterprise SaaS workloads. The company says the trend spans from model training to low-latency inference, and enterprise clients use its services for applications such as cloud disaster recovery and core-to-edge application hosting. Adoption of its specialized GPU infrastructure is growing in international markets, particularly Asia-Pacific and EMEA, which the article cites as a sign of diversification beyond traditional software sectors. The roundup also notes that Oracle, Microsoft and Alphabet each closed higher in the same period.
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