# 8 million data centers vs. a choice of four companies

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-05-27
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Почему дорого запускать стартап в централизованных облаках? Интервью с Greg Osuri, CEO Akash Network (S3XYBTC)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:19 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfu9hCsVwU&t=499s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-05-27-8-million-data-centers-vs-a-choice-of-four-compani-hho5/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "8 million data centers vs. a choice of four companies," Почему дорого запускать стартап в централизованных облаках? Интервью с Greg Osuri, CEO Akash Network (S3XYBTC), 27 May 2021, 00:08:19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfu9hCsVwU&t=499s

## Quote — verbatim

> Вы получаете доступ к огромному количеству предложений от примерно 8 миллионов дата-центров в мире. Вы не ограничены выбором из четырех компаний."
> ("You get access to a huge number of offers from roughly 8 million data centers in the world. You are not limited to choosing among four companies.")

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The "Airbnb for cloud" analogy — choice and exotic configurations (edge placement near cell towers, low-latency transit providers) versus the Hilton-like uniformity of AWS.