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 world must build more than 6 terawatts of renewable power in the next five years — more than all previous years combined — to deliver on a goal to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, according to a new report. — Chloé Farand, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Electricity demand across all data centers (not only the ones built for AI) is projected to nearly double to roughly 950 terawatt-hours in 2030. — Eshaan Jain, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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

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