gigawatt

[gig-uh-wot, jig-]

noun

1. one billion watts. GW, Gw

Word History and Origins

Origin of gigawatt¹

First recorded in 1960–65; giga- + watt

Example Sentences

As part of the deal, Nvidia said that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI in increments as each gigawatt is rolled out.

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The structures of both deals are also different, with Nvidia investing $100 billion in OpenAI in increments as its systems are rolled out, while OpenAI has taken a 10% stake in AMD, vesting with each gigawatt deployed.

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“Our vision is simple: we want to create a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week,” Altman wrote in a recent blog.

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Labor crews hired by Musk’s xAI were excavating power equipment on the site—a defunct energy plant just over the state line in Mississippi—and preparing to build a new plant capable of generating over a gigawatt of electricity, enough to power around 800,000 homes.

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In August, xAI filed an application for a permit to eventually have 41 permanent natural-gas turbines in Southaven that could generate over a gigawatt of power, according to the correspondence.

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