How to Use terawatt in a Sentence

terawatt

noun

• For context, a terawatt is a thousand times bigger than a gigawatt.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022
• On average, the amount of power used by humans is about 18 terawatts.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2019
• That translates to a solar potential of over 10 terawatts.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2025
• Put another way, one terawatt is also equivalent to one billion watts.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• Terafab would eventually produce enough chips for 1 terawatt of compute each year.
  — Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
• The industry can save only two to three terawatt hours by using alternative fuels.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• 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
• Forecasters are so bullish about solar that, in just a few years, the 3-terawatt milestone will seem almost insignificant.
  — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
• That story changed going into the second and third terawatt, with China taking the baton from rich countries.
  — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
• In May, production rose 10% compared to the previous year to reach a record 27 terawatt hours.
  — William Mathis, Fortune, 3 June 2023
• Musk is seeking to produce a staggering one terawatt of AI computing power.
  — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
• But, according to Bloomberg, the second terawatt of solar power capacity will be installed over the next four years as the world races to net zero.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2022
• Every terawatt-hour of domestic renewable generation is a terawatt-hour that no adversary can weaponize.
  — David Frykman, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
• The lingering winter weather means that there’s as much as 100 terawatt-hours of water left to melt, according to Nena.
  — Jesper Starn, Bloomberg.com, 11 May 2017
• The world is going to need terawatt-hours of batteries across many applications, from mobile devices and electric vehicles to the grid and data centers.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Jan. 2026
• The researchers simulated the effects of around 79 terawatts of solar panels and 3 terawatts of wind turbines.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2018
• This growth was exclusively driven by China, which added over 34 terawatt-hours; without it, global output would have fallen.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• Not even two years later in 2026 — the precise timing is subject to debate among analysts — the 3-terawatt threshold was reached.
  — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
• The endeavor aims to produce a huge amount of computing power each year — about 1 terawatt of capacity annually.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
• According to Techspot, data centers consume more than 205 terawatt hours of electricity per year.
  — Sanjoy Maity, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• SpaceX has a chip-manufacturing initiative called Terafab with a goal of producing one terawatt of compute hardware each year.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 July 2026
• Musk then suggested that the satellites could unleash 100 terawatts per year if even more satellites are launched from a Moon base built with a dedicated factory.
  — PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
• The project’s name comes from the fact that its overarching goal is to produce 1 terawatt (1 trillion watts) of AI computing capacity per year.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
• The eruptions released an amount of energy estimated to be between 140 and 260 terawatts (one terawatt is a trillion watts).
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• Using a high-repetition-rate terawatt laser, the equipment was set up next to a telecommunication tower that is one of Europe's structures most affected by lightning.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
• Musk outlined a bold target of generating a terawatt—equivalent to one million megawatts—of compute capacity annually.
  — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
• Both companies expect their combined demand for computing power to eventually exceed 1 terawatt.
  — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
• The previous most energetic volcanic eruption seen on Io was about 80 terawatts, from a volcano called Surt in 2001.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• The first terawatt was mostly rich countries subsidizing the installation of solar, with China and poor countries still finding photovoltaics too expensive.
  — Akshat Rathi, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
• Both SpaceX and Tesla will benefit from the facility, which is designed to produce more than 1 terawatt of compute annually.
  — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026