# Decentralizing compute decentralizes energy consumption

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-09
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Future of Web 3 and the Battle for Data Sovereignty with Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash Networks (Orchid Labs)
- **Watch at:** 00:39:06 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2AE257OCMA&t=2346s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2021-06-09-decentralizing-compute-decentralizes-energy-consum-eind/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Decentralizing compute decentralizes energy consumption," Future of Web 3 and the Battle for Data Sovereignty with Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash Networks (Orchid Labs), 9 Jun 2021, 00:39:06. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2AE257OCMA&t=2346s

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Asked about environmental impact; he argues decentralization enables sustainable siting (Arctic, Iceland) and lowers cost-per-gigabyte, versus hyperscale concentration.