# Tapping 8.2 million underutilized data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-05-28
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** We're live with Greg Osuri from Akash Network (AKT) (Bittrex Global)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:34 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlfmFCEycW0&t=754s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-05-28-tapping-8-2-million-underutilized-data-centers-5m43/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Tapping 8.2 million underutilized data centers," We're live with Greg Osuri from Akash Network (AKT) (Bittrex Global), 28 May 2021, 00:12:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlfmFCEycW0&t=754s

## Quote — verbatim

> The premise of Akash Network is to tap into 8.2 million data centers that remain underutilized — 85% or so capacity in those data centers being underutilized.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His foundational supply-side thesis for why a decentralized compute marketplace can exist; recurring figure across 2020-2021 appearances.