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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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Planning documents for an outline planning application detail a "temporary ancillary energy centre" with gas turbines that have a maximum generating capacity of 49.9MW.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some could finance more ambitious AI services that consume the extra capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The analyst points to the company’s plan to expand its AI data-center capacity to 230 megawatts from 110MW by 2029 and more than 800MW—including 500MW from DBO projects—by 2031.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

And according to specialist publication Via Satellite, Eutelsat's OneWeb constellation is unable to support drone and ground robot operations because of its limited capacity and lack of compact satellite terminals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bobby saved the game with his fighting spirit, and his creative capacity was restored.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

We are building capacities on the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"I doubt 'SI' will stick, in part because it exaggerates the current capacities of AI," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The suit names Paxton and Stephen Brint Carlton, the executive director of the Texas Medical Board, in their official and individual capacities, as well as Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales in his official capacity.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026

"It really upends a theory that says that symbolic rule induction is not possible without linguistic capacities," says Kean.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

What was laughable was that poor Bunny should display concern about anyone else’s intellectual capacities.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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