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Akamai Launches AI Grid Intelligent Orchestration for Distributed Inference Across 4,400 Edge Locations
Akamai Inference Cloud is the industry's first global-scale implementation of NVIDIA AI Grid, intelligently routing AI workloads across its edge, regional, and core footprint to balance latency, cost, and performanceSAN JOSE, Calif., March 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) today reached a major milestone in the evolution of artificial intelligence, unveiling the first global-scale implementation of NVIDIA® AI Grid reference design. By integrating NVIDIA AI infrastru
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