# Tap homes, universities, and telco closets instead of new data centers

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-24
- **Theme:** Local Compute — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/
- **Source:** Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 04:29:47 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16187s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/2025-06-24-tap-homes-universities-and-telco-closets-instead-o-7b74/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Tap homes, universities, and telco closets instead of new data centers," Akash Accelerate 2025: Official Livestream (Akash Network), 24 Jun 2025, 04:29:47. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiVrlo7XJA0&t=16187s

## Quote — verbatim

> Third, decentralized compute. This is the fastest lever of all. What if we didn't have to wait for a new data center to be built? What if we tap into existing underutilized infrastructure in homes, universities, telco closets, and regional colos? This is where Akash thrives.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Third of his three levers for scaling AI; the priority local/edge compute thesis stated as strategy.