terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät 

: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts

Examples of terawatt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The combined demand for chips from SpaceX and Tesla is expected to exceed 1 terawatt of compute, a larger amount than the entire global supply currently available, according to the website. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

An additional 1 terawatt, enough to meet all of US power demand at its peak, took less than three years to build. — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Musk is seeking to produce a staggering one terawatt of AI computing power. — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

The Terafab semiconductor facility aims to deliver an annual capacity of one terawatt of AI compute. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

tera- + watt

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for terawatt

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

Kids Definition

terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät 

: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts