85% of data-center compute sits unused
"Base Layer Episode 209: Greg Osuri, Founder of Akash Network on Decentralizing Compute" (Base Layer)
“As we were deploying this Kubernetes in data centers across the walls, what we discovered was 85% or so of compute capacity that sits in these data centers remains unused. The reason being most data centers are planned for peak capacity to handle peak loads.” — 00:04:59
Context: The founding insight behind Akash; he pairs it with Intuit running at ~3% utilization outside tax season and four clouds holding ~80% of a $300B market (“across the walls” = Whisper for “across the world”).