terawatt

noun

tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce terawatt (audio)
: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts

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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 China's own data center electricity demand is expected to more than double to around 277 terawatt hours by 2030, according to Brookings fellow Kyle Chan, citing IEA projections. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for terawatt

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Etymology

tera- + watt

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of terawatt was in 1970

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terawatt

noun
tera·​watt ˈter-ə-ˌwät How to pronounce terawatt (audio)
: a unit of power equal to one trillion watts
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