Business Segments — Co-location costs
Akamai Technologies Business Segments — Co-location costs increased by 8.1% to $98.87M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 18.0%, from $83.76M to $98.87M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Business Segments — Co-location costs shows an upward trend with a 20.9% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase relative to revenue may suggest rising real estate or utility costs in key markets, while a decrease could indicate improved operational efficiency or consolidation of data center footprints.
Detailed definition
Direct expenses incurred for leasing space, power, and physical security in third-party data centers to house the compan...
Peer comparison
Similar to data center lease and utility expenses reported by other CDN and cloud infrastructure firms.
akam_segment_reportable_segment_co_location_costsHistorical Data
| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $49.34M | $49.34M | $49.34M | $49.34M | $64.02M | $64.02M | $64.02M | $64.02M | $72.66M | $75.34M | $79.07M | $81.24M | $83.76M | $87.19M | $86.76M | $91.48M | $98.87M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +29.7% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +13.5% | +3.7% | +5.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% | +4.1% | -0.5% | +5.4% | +8.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +29.7% | +29.7% | +29.7% | +29.7% | +13.5% | +17.7% | +23.5% | +26.9% | +15.3% | +15.7% | +9.7% | +12.6% | +18.0% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Akamai Technologies's business segments — co-location costs?
- Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported business segments — co-location costs of $98.87M in Q1 2026.
- How has Akamai Technologies's business segments — co-location costs changed year-over-year?
- Akamai Technologies's business segments — co-location costs increased by 18.0% year-over-year, from $83.76M to $98.87M.
- What is the long-term trend for Akamai Technologies's business segments — co-location costs?
- Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Akamai Technologies's business segments — co-location costs has grown at a 20.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $197.38M to $349.19M.
- What does business segments — co-location costs mean?
- The costs associated with renting space and power in data centers for company servers.