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Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Akamai Connected Cloud — our massively distributed edge and cloud platform — makes it easy for businesses to develop and run applications and workloads, while we put experiences closer to users and keep threats farther away.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

18 Dec 2025 · Akamai’s Digital Policies

Meeting with Michał Kobosko (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2025 · digital policy, cloud, DNA

Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Oct 2025 · Meeting with representatives of Akamai

Meeting with Peter Stuckmann (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

9 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital Networks Act and connectivity policy

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

2 Sept 2025 · Akamai state of play and plans in terms of cloud and AI compute infrastructure.

Response to Digital Networks Act

10 Jul 2025

Akamai Technologies welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the European Commissions call for evidence on the Digital Networks Act (DNA). Please find our contribution attached.
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Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and Microsoft Corporation and

26 Jun 2025 · Business Software Alliance and its members consultation on the EU’s upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act.

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

26 Mar 2025 · Cloud & Edge computing and Content Delivery Networks

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

25 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital Networks Act and how Akamai technologies contribute to the EU’s connectivity targets.

Response to How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?

27 Jun 2024

Akamai Technologies welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the European Commissions White Paper on How to master Europes digital infrastructure needs? Akamai supports the European Unions (EU) ambitious 2030 digital decade targets which will require significant support from many actors in the internet ecosystem. Akamai is committed to contribute through its existing partnerships in the EU. For the past 25 years, Akamai has been devoted to ensuring that Europeans can interact with an efficient, reliable, and secure internet: - Akamai has, since its inception at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helped enhance internet end user experience through fast, reliable and secure content delivery over its large Content Delivery Network (CDN) of distributed servers. Today, Akamai has servers deployed in all 27 EU member states and partnerships with the national and pan-European Internet Service Providers (ISPs). - A decade ago, Akamai added cybersecurity solutions to its offerings. Today, we support numerous European entities and governments securing their digital assets. - Two years ago the company entered the cloud computing market to bring more competition and choice to cloud users in the EU and around the world. Akamai is currently building the worlds most distributed cloud platform in partnership with existing infrastructure providers. We respectfully submit our comments below on several scenarios in the White Paper. Our response reflects Akamais concern that without careful consideration, well-intentioned measures could have unintended negative consequences for European internet users, businesses, and todays well-functioning internet model. - Section I of the paper shows how Akamai helps ISPs and content providers deliver the fast, reliable, and secure internet experience that consumers and businesses expect. - Section II of the paper outlines Akamai's response to select scenarios in the White Paper. - The first part describes Akamais investment contribution to support connectivity capacity in the EU. - The second part counters the idea of a convergence between the electronic communications networks/services sector and the cloud sector. Hence, we disagree with the potential expansion of the scope and objectives of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) to cover cloud services in general, as presented in Scenario 4. We also explain how the level-playing field debate often fails to take into account the growing body of EU regulations that already applies or could apply to cloud computing. - The third part explains that the IP interconnection market currently functions well and cautions against potential regulatory intervention. We substantiate how such potential regulatory intervention could, for example, harm the well-functioning and highly competitive third-party CDN market by decreasing predictability and by placing upward pressure on commercial pricing for bandwidth and other costs for relatively small internet actors like Akamai. - The last two parts focus on sustainability and cybersecurity. Please find our detailed response attached. We stand ready to provide additional information.
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Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

12 Oct 2023 · On EU 2030 connectivity targets, current dynamics of the internet, content distribution and edge cloud

Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

12 Oct 2023 · Telecoms policy

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and AK Public Affairs

29 Mar 2023 · Future of connectivity

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Jun 2018 · Discussions on e-privacy regulation and presentation of Akamai's updated position on the topic

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Vivian Loonela (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

14 Feb 2018 · cybersecurity and e-privacy

Meeting with Julie Ruff (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

14 Feb 2018 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Julie Ruff (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

12 Oct 2017 · Cyber security

Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

9 Oct 2017 · DSM

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

16 Jun 2016 · European policy devlopments related to the digital economy

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Digital Economy) and Covington Burling LLP

15 Jun 2016 · digital economy

Meeting with Eric Mamer (Digital Economy)

14 Oct 2015 · DSM