Renewable Energy Usage

We recently saw a 7% increase over the prior year in the amount of renewable power used globally. This was mainly due to increasing our deployments in data centers, which source renewable energy for 100% of the power they use. With our own renewable energy projects, Akamai has continued to see growth across our footprint through our direct EAC purchases, market-based utility supply, and certain attestation claims. We are proud to continue to make progress toward working with data centers to gain a greater mix of renewables and increased purchaser-caused supply in our energy mix to reduce our use of fossil fuels.

Contracting for renewable energy can be a long process. At Akamai, we strive to work closely with organizations like CEBA to provide comprehensive training programs for our colocation partners to encourage more procurement of renewable energy to power their facilities. CEBA Boot Camps are designed to provide an in-depth learning experience that can help members and supply chain partners navigate the complex energy markets and procurement solutions.