Edge-forward: Akamai eyes sweet spot between centralized & decentralized AI inference

Akamai is combining centralized data centers with a global network of distributed datacenters to reduce latency for AI inference.

The company offers managed Kubernetes container services that integrate with its low-latency serverless functions and distributed AI inference platform.

Akamai acquired Fermyon in December 2025 and supports Wasm-based serverless tooling such as Spin and SpinKube.

Developers can use Akamai's platform and Linode Kubernetes Engine–based application platform to deploy globally distributed applications quickly.