An anonymous reader shares a report: Akamai has decided to end its content delivery network services in China, but not because it’s finding it hard to do business in the Middle Kingdom. News of Akamai’s decision to end CDN services in China emerged in a letter it recently published and sent to customers and partners that opens by reminding them the company has a “commitment to providing world-class delivery and security solutions” — and must therefore inform them that “Effective June 30, 2026, all China CDN services will reach their decommission date.”
Customers are offered a choice: do nothing and then be moved to an Akamai CDN located outside China, or use similar services from Chinese companies Tencent Cloud and Wangsu Science & Technology.