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Even a system drawing on the order of 60 megawatts could generate a signal that, if correctly aimed at Earth, would stand out dramatically above cosmic background noise.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
The planned 10,000-megawatt build out has come under fire because the electricity will be used primarily to serve an influx of data centers.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The 16-acre site already has 20 megawatts of data center capacity operational in service of an unnamed hyperscale customer, with the facilities being designed to support AI and cloud deployments.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead of data centers whose size is measured in tens of megawatts, AI facilities are reaching up to 5 GW.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
The planned 10,000-megawatt build out has come under fire because the electricity will be used primarily to serve an influx of data centers.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The 16-acre site already has 20 megawatts of data center capacity operational in service of an unnamed hyperscale customer, with the facilities being designed to support AI and cloud deployments.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead of data centers whose size is measured in tens of megawatts, AI facilities are reaching up to 5 GW.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Megawatt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megawatt. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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megawatt
noun
mega·watt
ˈmeg-ə-ˌwät 
: one million watts
—abbreviation MW
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