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

One is the 5-gigawatt AI data center project underway with US technology partners, Reuters reported. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Microsoft plans to triple its data center capacity by 2032 to 38 gigawatts. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Oracle’s new effort to invest in 2 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects could benefit New Mexico. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Each gigawatt-hour of grid-scale storage requires about 880 tons of lithium carbonate. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigawatt

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