Akash Network (CRYPTO: AKT) founder Greg Osuri on Wednesday revealed an unexpected driver behind the increasing adoption of decentralized cloud solutions: a looming energy crisis related to the intensive computing demands of artificial intelligence.
While Akash Network was initially conceived as a decentralized alternative to traditional cloud providers, Osuri told Benzinga in an interview unforeseen challenges around energy capacity are now pushing its use into new, vital territories.
Osuri explained that the centralized data center model is facing severe limitations when it comes to providing the power required for advanced AI model training.
“People are not quite pricing in the energy limitations that we have. Just because you have more chips doesn’t mean you can actually use those chips,” he said.
He further elaborated that major markets like the U.S. have trouble securing more …
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