Akash delivers the same compute as AWS for 80% cheaper by reaching idle capacity
Akash's Greg Osuri on the Future of Cloud Computing | Mainnet 2024 (Messari)
“You can get the same amount of compute that you get from AWS for 80% cheaper, and the reason for that is decentralized systems can reach places where centralized systems cannot… closed-off networks, corporate networks, where there is heavily underutilized compute… about 80% or 85% of the time most data centers are not used, because you need to have peak capacity to address peak workloads.” — 00:11:41
Context: He also cites idle GPU fleets at ex-crypto-mining companies and ML companies that upgraded their training hardware. Quote spans to [00:13:06].