gigawatt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gigawatt
Example Sentences
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A single reactor will generate just 15 megawatts, enough to power about 12,000 homes, but Muller envisions an array of 100 or more, providing more than a gigawatt, enough for a data center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
But the French firm has targeted 200 megawatts of capacity by 2027 and aims by 2030 to reach one gigawatt -- roughly equivalent to the output of one of France's dozens of nuclear reactors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Tesla on Thursday will also give an update on second-quarter energy storage deployments, which Wall Street expects to come in at 13.8 gigawatt hours, a big bump from the prior quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
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