gigawatt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gigawatt
Example Sentences
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“You can’t just wake up one morning and say, ‘Oh, I want a gigawatt of compute tomorrow,’” Su said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The £1.5 billion "repowering" project will take 10 years to complete and will double the electricity output from 539 megawatts to 1 gigawatt, which is enough to power about 650,000 homes.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Why do we need a nine gigawatt data center in one of the driest states in the nation that’s in a severe drought,” Caroline Gleich, an environmentalist and professional skier, asked.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Musk said this week that SpaceX will try to achieve a roughly annualized rate of 1 gigawatt per year of AI computing power in space by the end of 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
The platform begins with a $35 billion investment, led by Apollo, to facilitate Anthropic’s expansion of over 1 gigawatt of compute infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
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