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GW

American  
Or Gw
  1. gigawatt; gigawatts.


gw British  

abbreviation

  1. Guinea-Bissau

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OpenAI said it would expand its relationship with Nvidia to include using 3 gigawatts “of dedicated inference capacity and 2 GW of training on Vera Rubin systems.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

The bank estimates that there was roughly 47 GW of global annual gas turbine manufacturing capacity between 2023 and 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

New Delhi last year agreed to "in-principle approval" for six 1.2 GW nuclear power plants at Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, which means Green Electricity Wales in Welsh, was launched in 2024, with the aim of developing 1 GW worth of new renewable energy schemes on government-owned land by 2040.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

We run down Broadway all the way to 170th Street, then take a detour to J. Hood Wright Park to look at the GW Bridge on the first landing.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan