gigawatt

noun

giga·​watt ˈji-gə-ˌwät How to pronounce gigawatt (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigawatt (audio)
: a unit of power equal to one billion watts

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Its renewable rollout in 2017 led to more than 50 gigawatts of Chinese solar panels imported by December 2025. Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026 Meta has committed to an initial deployment of 1 gigawatt of its Training and Inference Accelerators according to a statement. Katie Tarasov,jordan Novet, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026 Its renewable rollout in 2017 led to more than 50 gigawatts of Chinese solar panels imported by December 2025. ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 CoreWeave has 43 active data centers and has contracted out over 3 gigawatts of power for server farms, the company said in February. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gigawatt

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gigawatt was circa 1962

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“Gigawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigawatt. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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