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

The mayor of Russell learned in June that a Barcelona company wanted to build a two-gigawatt data center on the old AK Steel site in his town. — James Branscome, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026

During July’s heat wave, South Fork Wind generated nearly 10 gigawatt hours of power for Long Island’s grid to help manage peak demand. — Mark Levine, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Beyond Athena and Ceres, Mazama is seeking independent certification of more than 10 gigawatts of geothermal resource potential at Newberry. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

In May 2025, OpenAI, Nvidia, Oracle and Cisco signed up to be core partners on UAE Stargate, a massive campus that was expected to have 5-gigawatt capacity and cover 10 square miles. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1962, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigawatt

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