[Anthropic and AKAMAI Reach $11.6 Billion AI Compute Deal] According to reports from Cailian Press, the veteran internet infrastructure company Akamai Technologies has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Anthropic, securing a seven-year contract commitment worth a total of $11.6 billion with the AI company. According to the announcement, Akamai will support Anthropic's rapidly growing CPU workload demands through its distributed AI infrastructure and software under its cloud business. There is further room for expansion in the collaboration between the two parties. Akamai disclosed that the deal allows for an additional expansion of up to $9 billion, bringing the potential total commitment to approximately $20 billion.