Akamai provides infrastructure for blockchain consensus nodes on their network

From the official press release:

Tokyo, May 21, 2018 --- MUFG and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (“Akamai”) are pleased to announce the development of a new blockchain service, to realize the world’s most scalable and fastest payment processing platform with a capacity to process a million transactions per second and the ability to finalize transactions in less than 2 seconds. By combining MUFG’s payments business expertise with advanced blockchain technology implemented on Akamai’s global cloud delivery platform, they aim to offer a new global payment network1 service from fiscal year 2019 compatible with IoT and other new technologies.

https://www.mufg.jp/english/vcms_lf/news/pressrelease-201805...

The new service enables higher transaction speed and processing capacity by adopting the following system structure:

(1) Achieving high-speed communication between nodes by positioning all nodes responsible for consensus decision-making on the Akamai Intelligent Platform.

(2) Developing a unique design permitting high-speed and high-capacity creation and verification of new blocks within nodes.