gigawatt

noun

giga·​watt ˈji-gə-ˌwät  ˈgi- 

: a unit of power equal to one billion watts

Examples of gigawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Anthropic agreed to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of AMD accelerators, paired with AMD’s plan to invest up to $5 billion in the AI lab. — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

According to the company, each additional gigawatt in its data center pipeline reduces customers’ electricity bills by 1% or more. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

As part of the arrangement, Anthropic has committed to purchasing at least five gigawatts of computing capacity from Google Cloud; roughly the output of five nuclear reactors, and enough electricity to power around four million homes. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Segment orders increased 134% year over year organically, pushing the Gas Power backlog up to 53 gigawatts (GW), with another 63 GW in slot reservation agreements. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigawatt

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot