Akamai has launched a new 8-card VPU plan for Accelerated Compute Instances, expanding its cloud-based video processing offerings developed in partnership with NETINT. This new plan, powered by NETINT Quadra T1U VPUs, is designed to provide high-density transcoding capacity, enabling over 320 parallel streams for video on demand, live events, and user-generated content platforms, while also offering general-purpose compute for tasks like deinterlacing and audio processing.
Akamai is pushing cloud VPU density closer to the hardware-heavy setups many media teams already run on-prem or in colocation. The 8-card plan combines high transcoding density with CPU capacity for tasks VPUs do not handle, including deinterlacing, audio processing, and SSAI. That matters for streaming operators trying to move specialized workflows into cloud infrastructure without giving up throughput. It also extends Akamai’s 2024 NETINT partnership and its 2025 one-card and two-card plans into a larger tier. What to watch next: how Akamai positions the three VPU plan sizes against specific media workloads at NAB Show.
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