# 85% of data-center capacity is unused; Equinix is the largest supplier

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-01-05
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Updates From the Lab 1/5/22 W/Akash (Osmosis)
- **Watch at:** 00:53:12 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1P5-n2w8k&t=3192s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-01-05-85-of-data-center-capacity-is-unused-equinix-is-th-o7np/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of data-center capacity is unused; Equinix is the largest supplier," Updates From the Lab 1/5/22 W/Akash (Osmosis), 5 Jan 2022, 00:53:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1P5-n2w8k&t=3192s

## Quote — verbatim

> Equinix happened to be the biggest supplier... they offloaded, I believe, like ten percent of their underutilized supply... it's about 85 \[percent\] or so \[of\] computing capacity in data centers \[that\] are not used. For them, if they don't offload the capacity, it's useless... essentially Akash becomes like the spot market for the globe.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering a Regen Network member's question about who the ~79 providers are and why Akash can undercut AWS. Spot-market line at 00:54:40.