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

Moreover, research suggests data centers alone could require as much as 68 gigawatts (GW) of capacity worldwide by 2027, roughly equivalent to California’s power grid. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Not even to mention SpaceX as well, with what Elon said on [about] 10 net new gigawatts next year and half of that is the long-term internal use case. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Project backers are targeting a roughly $10 billion project of up to 1-gigawatt, but would first need Delhi Township officials to rezone the property for industrial use. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Plus, Anthropic signed on to spend $30 billion on Azure and contracting as much as a gigawatt worth of additional computing power. — Ashley Capoot,jordan Novet,annie Palmer,lora Kolodny,kai Nicol-Schwarz,caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigawatt

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