Akamai to acquire AWS competitor Linode for $900M

<img width="578" height="289" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?fit=578%2C289&strip=all" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=2000&strip=all 2000w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=800&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=1536&strip=all 1536w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=100&strip=all 100w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=350&strip=all 350w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=750&strip=all 750w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=1200&strip=all 1200w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/akamai.jpg?w=700&strip=all 700w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px">Akamai announced the planned acquisition of Linode, a competitor to cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS), for $900 million. Read More