Decentralizing compute decentralizes energy consumption
Future of Web 3 and the Battle for Data Sovereignty with Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash Networks (Orchid Labs)
“The biggest cost in a data center right now is not the cloud computing itself, it’s cooling of the systems… you have concentration of heat… in order to cool they really need to use enormous amounts of commercial power… The thing [is], when you decentralize systems, you effectively decentralize energy consumption itself.” — 00:39:06
Context: Asked about environmental impact; he argues decentralization enables sustainable siting (Arctic, Iceland) and lowers cost-per-gigabyte, versus hyperscale concentration.