# 500,000 data centers at \~85% underutilization

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-04-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri: The Akash Network (Block 2thefuture)
- **Watch at:** 00:01:27 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVVvEFkIaUU&t=87s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2018-04-19-500-000-data-centers-at-85-underutilization-hgvo/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "500,000 data centers at \~85% underutilization," Greg Osuri: The Akash Network (Block 2thefuture), 19 Apr 2018, 00:01:27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVVvEFkIaUU&t=87s

## Quote — verbatim

> Connecting data centers around the world, underutilized server capacity in data centers around the world — and there're about 500,000 data centers which have about 85 percent of underutilization... the reason for this underutilization is primarily because of planning for peak.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Quantified supply-side thesis; illustrated with Intuit needing ~95% capacity on Tax Day and ~5% on April 16th.