# Equinix Metal will bootstrap Akash's compute capacity

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-05
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Alessio Treglia, Jack Zampolin, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOqIm4Mfu8&t=172s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-03-05-equinix-metal-will-bootstrap-akash-s-compute-capac-ktcw/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Equinix Metal will bootstrap Akash's compute capacity," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Alessio Treglia, Jack Zampolin, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 5 Mar 2021, 00:02:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOqIm4Mfu8&t=172s

## Quote — verbatim

> The biggest of course is our integration with Equinix. Equinix Metal is by far the largest interconnected data center network in the world — we're talking about over 220 data centers in about 25 countries.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Company update ahead of Mainnet 2; Greg adds ([00:04:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAOqIm4Mfu8&t=256s)) that "as we scale and as we get adoption we will likely see more and more high quality data centers like Equinix."