Boston-area based cybersecurity and cloud computing company Akamai Technologies completed the first-ever clean energy transaction executed on a CFTC-registered exchange by securing a new high-impact solar Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) on August 31, 2026 on Resurety’s CleanTrade marketplace. This milestone reinforces Akamai’s commitment to its 2030 goal of reaching net-zero emissions across its global platform and operations.
Resurety’s CleanTrade platform is the first and only marketplace registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for transacting clean energy on an as-produced basis. Resurety, also Boston-based, provides market intelligence, portfolio software, consulting, and a regulated marketplace to empower clean energy buyers, sellers, and investors.
This VPPA transaction marks a turning point in how corporate clean energy is bought and sold, proving that clean energy procurement does not need to be a slow, opaque process:
- Speed: CleanTrade gives buyers instant access to a live exchange of active market offers, allowing Akamai to discover a viable deal that would have been missed in their standard RFP process. By leveraging Resurety’s embedded carbon analytics, Akamai evaluated the project’s real-world emissionality, aligning the transaction with their consequential climate framework, “CLIMATE- 2026“. Direct, on-platform negotiation of key terms significantly reduced deal friction, leading Mike Mattera, Akamai’s Global Head of Corporate Sustainability and ESG Officer, to call it “the fastest VPPA Akamai has ever completed.”
- Trust: Procuring on a regulated marketplace with pre-vetted developers and bids reduced counterparty concerns. Resurety’s robust pre- and post-trade analytics also mitigated guesswork, uncertainty, and questions commonly associated with clean energy transactions.
- Simplicity: The CleanTrade platform delivers everything needed to research, execute, and manage the transaction in one place. By integrating pre-transaction market analytics and post-transaction settlement tracking through Resurety’s CleanSight Manage feature, Mattera coined CleanTrade ‘the easy-button for clean energy procurement.’
Historically, purchasing clean energy without a centralized exchange meant navigating a slow RFP process, disconnected spreadsheets, lengthy email chains, and drawn-out negotiations. Limited to proposals within a buyer’s immediate network, companies also had no reliable way to verify fair, competitive market pricing.
Furthermore, traditional annual volumetric matching often masked true grid carbon impact. Through this transaction, Akamai is operationalizing its consequential procurement philosophy — moving past check-the-box accounting to prioritize emissionality, investing where new clean power displaces the highest amount of carbon on the grid.
Akamai selected an Indiana-based solar project for its high carbon abatement potential relative to the local grid. The almost 200MW project is expected to generate over 400,000 MWh annually. Because Indiana’s grid relies more heavily on fossil fuels, every MWh of clean energy produced there displaces approximately 540 kg of CO2 per MWh. By contrast, projects in regions with higher renewable penetration, such as Texas (ERCOT), displace around 350 kg of CO2 per MWh.
CleanTrade’s regulated, digital marketplace evolves clean energy procurement into a transparent, real-time market that is accessible to all qualified buyers. As Resurety’s Co-Founder and CEO Lee Taylor puts it, “For too long, the complexity and opacity of clean energy procurement kept transaction costs high and left high-impact VPPAs out of reach for all but the largest clean energy buyers. CleanTrade changes that dynamic completely. By bringing market transparency, standardized terms and underwriting, and compliance confidence through an exchange environment, we’re removing common friction points and empowering corporate buyers of every scale to execute deals quickly, deploy capital efficiently, and drive real decarbonization.”
“We’re on a mission to reach net-zero and power Akamai’s global platform with 100% renewable energy by 2030, and we are determined to do it by putting truly clean energy onto the grid. Resurety’s CleanTrade gave us the transparency and speed we needed to close the fastest VPPA in our history. This is about moving past promises and taking the kind of urgent, consequential action our planet needs right now,” stresses Mattera. With Akamai set to leverage CleanTrade for additional VPPA transactions, the future of energy procurement is here. Together, the two Boston-area companies are empowering buyers to invest in clean energy, work toward their impact goals, and accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon future.
About Resurety:
Resurety is the only clean energy industry partner to bring together actionable market insights and groundbreaking transaction tools in one seamless ecosystem. Through our industry-leading market intelligence and portfolio management software, our expert consulting services, and the leading regulated clean energy marketplace, we deliver the infrastructure and information needed to move the entire industry – and your business – forward. Resurety’s CleanTrade™ is the first and only CFTC-registered transaction platform for as-generated energy, and our CleanSight™ software simplifies complex workflows with the most sophisticated intelligence and portfolio management tools in the market. The result is increased transparency, liquidity, speed, and impact for the industry and for your business. To learn more, visit resurety.com, view our intelligence resources or follow us on LinkedIn.
About Akamai:
Akamai is the cloud company that powers and protects an AI-driven world. Our cloud platform extends high-performance cloud computing from the core to the edge, enabling organizations to build and scale next-generation AI applications while delivering comprehensive, multilayered security to safeguard enterprises against evolving cyberthreats. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.
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