# 20 hyperscalers is the mainframe problem all over again

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-03
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Scaling Web3 and AI through DePIN with Greg Osuri! (Secret Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:40:36 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWw18D8zUto&t=2436s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2025-06-03-20-hyperscalers-is-the-mainframe-problem-all-over-jz7u/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "20 hyperscalers is the mainframe problem all over again," Scaling Web3 and AI through DePIN with Greg Osuri! (Secret Network), 3 Jun 2025, 00:40:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWw18D8zUto&t=2436s

## Quote — verbatim

> Internet was created in the '60s to combat the centralization of data centers... because we had large mainframes and people were like, this is not good, because one mainframe gets attacked, we're done. The same thing is happening — we have 20 hyperscalers. It's not good, because they get attacked, you're done. So the best thing you can do is, number one, distribute AI as much as possible. AI should be with everyone, not with anyone.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering "best case scenario in five years"; concentration of AI in ~20 known US hyperscaler regions is a geopolitical/military vulnerability.