# 85% of server capacity sits unused

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2018-11-10
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** CEO of Overclock Labs On the World of Blockchain & Upcoming Technology In Development (CoinBundle)
- **Watch at:** 00:09:34 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Don1slbJlMQ&t=574s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2018-11-10-85-of-server-capacity-sits-unused-h64d/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of server capacity sits unused," CEO of Overclock Labs On the World of Blockchain & Upcoming Technology In Development (CoinBundle), 10 Nov 2018, 00:09:34. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Don1slbJlMQ&t=574s

## Quote — verbatim

> I wanted to solve the cost problem by tapping into slack capacity — the 85% of server capacity today sits unused. Extreme example would be Intuit... they run at 97 or so percent capacity; come April 16th, they drop it down to three or four percent.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The founding supply-side thesis for Akash: enterprises provision for peak, leaving idle capacity that a marketplace can monetize. Recurring statistic in his later talks.