# 8.4 million data centers, mostly idle

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-06-15
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** RNDR, Supercloud, 1.5T AI Market Cap – Interview with Greg Osuri about Akash (Design DAO)
- **Watch at:** 00:16:28 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHnfFIavA8&t=988s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2023-06-15-8-4-million-data-centers-mostly-idle-cmty/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "8.4 million data centers, mostly idle," RNDR, Supercloud, 1.5T AI Market Cap – Interview with Greg Osuri about Akash (Design DAO), 15 Jun 2023, 00:16:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCHnfFIavA8&t=988s

## Quote — verbatim

> Most data centers — there are about 8.4 million data centers in the world — most data centers are not used to the point they're supposed to be used: 85 percent of time they're unused. If we can leverage the supercloud and connect these data centers and actually get a price point that's significantly lower than what you would otherwise pay to these hyperscalers... that's what we're seeing with Akash.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His recurring utilization argument; he adds it's "no longer just cheap cloud, it's about access" to GPUs that cloud providers selectively allocate.