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capacity

[kuh-pas-i-tee] / kəˈpæs ɪ ti /




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“We were sorta hoping we’d get something on reselling their excess compute capacity but they didn’t have anything new there,” said Mark Mahaney, managing director at Evercore ISI.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The 120,000-square-foot office space, featuring colorful murals and studios for content creators, has capacity for around 1,000 workers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The silver lining for Google investors was the company’s cloud unit, which recorded scorching revenue growth of 82%, fueled by insatiable demand for computing capacity for training and running AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

"What we haven't seen is any increased investment or expansion of the actual physical capacity within clinics," she said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

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

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

New York’s temporary ban applies to construction of large data centers with capacities of at least 50 megawatts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

This tournament features more matches than ever before, and North American stadiums have enormous capacities to accommodate even more fans, naturally upping the consumption of this World Cup.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

But the prospect of a job interview seems so far beyond his capacities he wonders if he’ll end up living on the street.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

That geopolitical imperative is extending to work toward the potential for autonomous AI systems that can surpass human capacities and intelligence, sometimes called superintelligence, artificial general intelligence or AGI.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 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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