megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈme-gə-ˌwät 

: one million watts

Examples of megawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aluminum turns waste into power At industrial scale, Voya’s system is designed to produce up to 2 megawatts from a standard 20-foot container. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

Over time, WhiteFiber plans to increase the data centers outputs up to 200 megawatts. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

By the utility’s account, developers initially sought more than 30,000 megawatts, nearly three times its system’s peak demand. — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Commercial electricity sales there increased by nearly 30 million megawatt-hours between 2019 and 2025, with EIA attributing much of that increase to the state’s enormous concentration of data centers. — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

mega- + watt

First Known Use

circa 1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for megawatt

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

Medical Definition

megawatt

noun

mega·​watt ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät 

: one million watts

—abbreviation MW