# Akash as Airbnb for compute across 8.2 million data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-03-19
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:22:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=1337s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-03-19-akash-as-airbnb-for-compute-across-8-2-million-dat-qriv/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash as Airbnb for compute across 8.2 million data centers," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Sunny Aggarwal, Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 19 Mar 2021, 00:22:17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTE_qXoFvM&t=1337s

## Quote — verbatim

> Akash is positioned to have this hyper customizable cloud, and that potentially can be reached, installed in 8.2 million data centers in the world. So the way you want to picture Akash is really: if Akash is Airbnb \[for\] compute, Amazon is like Hilton.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Explaining audited attributes — an unbounded, free-market attribute system versus the "homogeneous" experience of big chains and the bounded customization of centralized clouds.