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Bragawatts (n.) are huge amounts of data-center power capacity that companies announce loudly but may never actually build or switch on.
The word began in the energy sector, mocking wind and solar projects unlikely ever to be built, before AI infrastructure adopted it.
Bragawatts (n.) are gigawatts with no land, no turbines, no transmission line, and excellent renderings.
Bragawatts (n.) are electricity that lights up nothing but a funding round.
Analysts treat announced projects above one gigawatt as most suspect, and say a project without secured land is the clearest red flag.
Bragawatts (n.) are a fisherman's arms, spreading wider every time he tells the story.
Bragawatts (n.) are a hydroelectric dam made entirely of slide decks.
Bragawatts (n.) are a city's worth of electricity, pledged on stage before anyone asked the city.
JPMorgan estimated US firms closed deals for 9 GW of AI data-center capacity in 2025, about 13% of the 100+ GW projected for 2030.
Bragawatts (n.) are power you can announce in an afternoon and wait years to plug in.