# 85% of data center capacity is unused; Akash is one-third Amazon's price

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-10
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Akash Networks (And How Handshake Works Together) (SkyInclude)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:07 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhwTHcOwNwg&t=127s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-06-10-85-of-data-center-capacity-is-unused-akash-is-one-y2xd/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of data center capacity is unused; Akash is one-third Amazon's price," Akash Networks (And How Handshake Works Together) (SkyInclude), 10 Jun 2021, 00:02:07. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhwTHcOwNwg&t=127s

## Quote — verbatim

> We make a better cloud by tapping into unused capacity, and turns out about 85 or so \[percent of\] capacity in 8.4 million data centers is unused... we provide a much similar capability but much better user experience at a price point that is one-third... what Amazon would charge... because we tap into servers that are not used, and as we get more supply it's only going to get cheaper.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His recurring supply-side argument against the four companies controlling cloud; quote spans into the [00:02:51] block for the one-third pricing claim.