# 85% of capacity in 8.4 million data centers is idle; 8-10x cheaper than Amazon

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-05-29
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** The Biz Call: 20210428 GregOsuri AkashNetwork (robfrankel)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:43 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqVL8W57O6k&t=43s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2021-05-29-85-of-capacity-in-8-4-million-data-centers-is-idle-x6ih/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "85% of capacity in 8.4 million data centers is idle; 8-10x cheaper than Amazon," The Biz Call: 20210428 GregOsuri AkashNetwork (robfrankel), 29 May 2021, 00:00:43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqVL8W57O6k&t=43s

## Quote — verbatim

> We leverage essentially 85 or so \[percent\] underutilized cloud capacity in about 8.4 million data centers to enable anyone with a computer to buy and sell cloud compute in a safe and frictionless market... the tenant... experiences anywhere from 8x to 10x lower cost than what you would pay Amazon.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His elevator pitch answering "describe your business in a few sentences."