First phase to double the scale of Linode’s global footprint  \r\n It's hard to imagine that nearly six months have passed since Akamai completed its acquisition of Linode . At the time, some customers, analysts, and industry experts questioned what the acquisition would mean for the future of Linode . We shared that our intent was to do more — more locations, more functionality, more scale and capacity, and more of the same with regard to Linode’s renowned ease of use, developer experience, customer support, and transparent pricing. \r\n With the integration of our two companies well underway, we are now able to share more details on just what “more” means to our plans of deploying Akamai Linode in more locations.  \r\n Adding new data centers \r\n Today, we are happy to share that we plan to add more than a dozen new Linode data centers — equipped with Linode’s full product suite — across North America, APAC, LATAM, and Europe by the end of 2023.…