8.4 million data centers, 85% unused
"#3 - Akash Network with Greg Osuri" (Weapons of Mass Adoption)
“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% of the time, they’re unused. So, if you can leverage the super cloud and connect these data centers and actually get a price point that’s significantly lower than what you would otherwise pay to these hyperscalers.” — 00:16:44
Context: Quantifying the latent-supply thesis, then pivoting: “It’s no longer just cheap cloud. It’s about access… to the GPUs” ([00:17:27]).