# 85% of data center capacity unused; Akash 95% cheaper

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2022-06-28
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Decentralized Cloud - DCENTRAL Austin 2022 (Dcentral Con)
- **Watch at:** 00:02:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBYYjtzsX0&t=172s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2022-06-28-85-of-data-center-capacity-unused-akash-95-cheaper-4a5y/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of data center capacity unused; Akash 95% cheaper," Decentralized Cloud - DCENTRAL Austin 2022 (Dcentral Con), 28 Jun 2022, 00:02:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfBYYjtzsX0&t=172s

## Quote — verbatim

> The idea behind \[Akash\] is to unlock unused capacity — about 85 or so \[percent\] of global data center capacity is unused. So by enabling those providers to offer their compute in an open, competitive way, we can solve efficiency problems, \[and\] the outcome is the cost — a cost about 95 percent lower than your traditional cloud. Like last night I was able to deploy an Osmosis validator for seven bucks a month.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Panel introduction; adds "when the bear market hits and profitability for node operations is in question, AKT is your best friend." Quote spans into the [00:03:36] block.