Collaborate Disseminate
By now, we hope you’ve read Monday’s and Tuesday’s blog posts announcing the release of our annual sustainability report, our sustainability program, and the technical innovation behind it. Continue reading Working Together with Our Customers to Build a Sustainable Future
Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a lot of growth at Akamai. When I started at Akamai, we used to have traffic peaks of almost 200 Mbps. From that fledgling startup, Akamai has now grown to such a scale that we almost doubled network capacity in 2020 … Continue reading Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Edge Platform
Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen a lot of growth at Akamai. When I started at Akamai, we used to have traffic peaks of almost 200 Mbps. From that fledgling startup, Akamai has now grown to such a scale that we almost doubled network capacity in 2020 and were able to serve peaks of almost 200 Tbps. In short, just like the internet, Akamai has undergone quite the evolution. But as we’ve grown, so have our environmental impacts. In fact, the internet as a whole is responsible for more than 2% of global emissions, having the same impact as the airline industry. Our online streaming, learning, working, shopping, and playing habits have all started to add up. Continue reading Maintaining an Energy-Efficient Edge Platform
If I had a dollar for every time I heard "2020 was an unprecedented year", I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we’re tired of hearing it, it’s true. Among the pandemic, U.S. presidential election, social justice movements, the… Continue reading Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation
If I had a dollar for every time I heard "2020 was an unprecedented year", I could fund a clean energy project myself. And while we’re tired of hearing it, it’s true. Among the pandemic, U.S. presidential election, social justice movements, the finalization of Brexit, and many other new and life-changing events, it can be hard to find the good, let alone celebrate it. Continue reading Sustainability at Akamai: An Efficient Platform Powered by Energy Aggregation