# 85% of global cloud capacity sits unused

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2020-12-10
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** "The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 1" (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:32:55 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1ct2eC_Nw&t=1975s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2020-12-10-85-of-global-cloud-capacity-sits-unused-pdyq/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of global cloud capacity sits unused," "The Akashian Challenge Livestream: Phase 3 Week 1" (Akash Network), 10 Dec 2020, 00:32:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x1ct2eC_Nw&t=1975s

## Quote — verbatim

> We tap into world's unused cloud capacity — 85% of the global cloud capacity that's sitting in data centers is not used... probably even more, we're being conservative with our estimates.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His supply-side thesis, illustrated with Intuit: TurboTax servers peak at 95-96% in tax season but run ~10% the other nine months, and servers have a ~3-year shelf life — "if you don't use it you lose it."