# Moratoriums and energy limits will force distributed training

- **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:** 00:43:38 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2618s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2026-04-23-moratoriums-and-energy-limits-will-force-distribut-ot5q/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Moratoriums and energy limits will force distributed training," From AWS to Akash: Greg Osuri on Building a Decentralized Compute Marketplace (Smart Economy Network), 23 Apr 2026, 00:43:38. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fBYZPHOQds&t=2618s

## Quote — verbatim

> These moratoriums, these energy challenges, regulatory challenges are going to force distributed training. So I'm extremely bullish in terms of where this is going.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Notes Maine's new data-center law and federal moratorium talk; earlier he says "I do want a moratorium so people understand the value of decentralized AI."