Case Study
HabitatMap Scaled Platform Globally on Akamai
HabitatMap, a nonprofit focused on environmental justice, needed reliable infrastructure to support the rapid growth of its AirCasting platform and AirBeam air quality sensors as billions of environmental data points flowed through its system. By adopting Akamai’s cloud computing services, including Essential Compute, Backups, DNS Manager, and dedicated compute resources, the organization gained a scalable, resilient, and easy-to-manage platform without increasing operational complexity. Traffic doubled after a platform redesign while mobile installs increased by 50%, yet performance remained stable. Akamai’s reliable infrastructure allowed HabitatMap to focus on expanding environmental monitoring, supporting researchers, schools, and communities worldwide instead of managing cloud infrast
