“As a result of structuring the transaction as an asset purchase, Akamai expects to achieve cash income tax savings over the next 15 years that have an estimated net present value of approximately $120 million.”
Akamai pays about $900 million and books $120 million of it back as tax savings. Linode was the friendly indie host developers picked to avoid the giants. Now it’s a line item inside a CDN that sells to enterprises. Watch the pricing page over the next two years.