# Cloud is built for hyperscale; Akash optimizes for thousands of nodes at a fraction of the cost

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2019-08-06
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Overcoming the Challenges of Distributed Networks with Greg Osuri CEO Overclock Labs & Akash Network (Techpost)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:07 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvrKWdc9OA&t=487s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2019-08-06-cloud-is-built-for-hyperscale-akash-optimizes-for-gmpb/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Cloud is built for hyperscale; Akash optimizes for thousands of nodes at a fraction of the cost," Overcoming the Challenges of Distributed Networks with Greg Osuri CEO Overclock Labs & Akash Network (Techpost), 6 Aug 2019, 00:08:07. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKvrKWdc9OA&t=487s

## Quote — verbatim

> Cloud wasn't quite cutting it for them in terms of performance because cloud is optimized for hyper scale... high-density data centers, but Akash doesn't have that limitation. Akash will optimize a global scale for thousands of nodes... by using Akash they could get cost down, I think it's 4x or 5x, than what they would otherwise pay on the cloud.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Describing Cactus, a peer-to-peer music streaming app using relay architecture at the edge; next block adds "about 40 times more distribution than the cloud."