Akamai Technologies shares the full details of its earnings call for the second quarter of 2026.

Oct 12, 2026, 6:27 AM ETResultsRead the original at Benzinga

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Akamai's cloud and security sales rose, and customers committed more than $2.8 billion to its cloud services. Heavy spending and paused buybacks use cash, but fund the expansion behind those commitments.

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These commitments give Akamai more customer demand to serve. Cloud and security sales both grew, and the company expects total sales growth to pick up in 2027. Akamai plans heavy spending to add computing power and has paused buybacks to fund growth. Those choices use cash, but support the services customers are committing to buy.

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