# Tapping 8.2 million underutilized data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-22
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Live AMA featuring Greg Osuri from the Akash Network! (Bittrex Global)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:14 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVgxTCWPgc&t=434s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2021-06-22-tapping-8-2-million-underutilized-data-centers-7ztg/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Tapping 8.2 million underutilized data centers," Live AMA featuring Greg Osuri from the Akash Network! (Bittrex Global), 22 Jun 2021, 00:07:14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqVgxTCWPgc&t=434s

## Quote — verbatim

> The premise of Akash Network is to tap into 8.2 million data centers that remain underutilized — 85 percent... capacity in those data centers have been underutilized.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His foundational supply-side thesis for the decentralized compute marketplace; recurring figure across 2020-2021 appearances.