See megawatt.
Megawatt A thousandth of a gigawatt, written MW. A kilowatt, written kW, is a thousandth of a megawatt. Chapter 6.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
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From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Kilowatt.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/kilowatt (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-kilowatt-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Kilowatt}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/kilowatt},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}