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

Flexibility for the future One study has found that if data centers would commit to using power flexibly, an additional 100 gigawatts of capacity – the amount that would power around 70 million households – could be added to the grid without adding new generation and transmission. —Conor Harrison, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026

The deal was designed to help OpenAI build data centers with a capacity of at least 10 gigawatts of power — equivalent to the peak electricity demand of New York City — equipped with Nvidia’s advanced chips to train and deploy AI models. —Debby Wu, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026

Interconnection queues have swelled to historic levels, with gigawatts of ready-to-build generation projects waiting years for grid connection studies and upgrades. —Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

In October, Anthropic and Google Cloud signed a multibillion-dollar deal that would bring over a gigawatt of AI compute capacity by 2026. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigawatt

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