# 80% of data-center capacity is unused; edge cuts cost 2–5x

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-03-02
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Cloud Mobility with Legendary Developer Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Overclock Labs (The Silicon Valley Insider Show)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:36 — https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-3-2-18-podcast
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2018-03-02-80-of-data-center-capacity-is-unused-edge-cuts-cos-nnfq/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "80% of data-center capacity is unused; edge cuts cost 2–5x," Cloud Mobility with Legendary Developer Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Overclock Labs (The Silicon Valley Insider Show), 2 Mar 2018, 00:07:36. https://omny.fm/shows/the-silicon-valley-insider-show/sv-insider-3-2-18-podcast

## Quote — verbatim

> 80% of the capacity sitting in data centers today is unused. So by connecting this latent capacity with the users that want to access this, we can reduce the cost of compute significantly anywhere from one half to one fifth.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The founding thesis of Overclock Labs — connecting edge nodes ("close proximity to the user") achieves higher price performance using latent data-center capacity. The 1/2–1/5 cost claim recurs as Photon's mandate at [00:15:17].