# A 70B model no longer needs Meta's data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-04-23
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace (Smart Economy Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:42:10 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2530s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2026-04-23-a-70b-model-no-longer-needs-meta-s-data-centers-ri5t/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "A 70B model no longer needs Meta's data centers," From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace (Smart Economy Network), 23 Apr 2026, 00:42:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2530s

## Quote — verbatim

> Frankly, a 70 billion parameter model can be now trained on a fully distributed network and that's a big deal... that 70B was trained by Meta in their massive data centers. You don't need a Meta to produce a 70 billion parameter model... I'm very excited for decentralized training to succeed where your home computers can be leveraged, because your energy cost is going to be a bigger variable than anything.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Cites a Bittensor subnet ("Templar") training a 72B model on a distributed network; he runs Llama 70B at home on consumer hardware.