# GPUs were the tip of the iceberg — memory, storage, energy next

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2026-02-12
- **Theme:** Energy &amp; AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** "DACM Insights: Decentralizing AI, The Akash Approach" (DACM Insights)
- **Watch at:** 00:12:30 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQONg2f0zQc&t=750s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2026-02-12-gpus-were-the-tip-of-the-iceberg-memory-storage-en-pppy/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "GPUs were the tip of the iceberg — memory, storage, energy next," "DACM Insights: Decentralizing AI, The Akash Approach" (DACM Insights), 12 Feb 2026, 00:12:30. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQONg2f0zQc&t=750s

## Quote — verbatim

> GPUs were just the tip of the iceberg. Now we have memory, now we have storage, now you have energy, which is a big unknown. I mean, it's clear to me, I think, how we can solve the energy problem, but it's unknown for a lot of people.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

On successive AI resource crises; later he points to Micron/SanDisk stock gains as the memory-demand signal and quips "my fridge has more memory than my computer had 15 years ago" [00:26:06].
