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generator

[jen-uh-rey-ter] / ˈdʒɛn əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
engine converting energy
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The company is investing $725 million to expand generator production at an Indiana plant and it converted another plant in Kansas to produce turbine engines popular with data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Its major components, including reactor vessel heads, steam generator parts and low-pressure and high-pressure turbines, were all recently updated as part of the 2030 extension, said Maureen Zawalick, chief risk officer at PG&E.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The end credits exclusively feature a list of apps used in the making of this “film,” including video generator Runway and music imitator Suno.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

In retrospect, he says he wishes he had a generator that he could have used to power a sprinkler system around the property after the electricity went out.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The mukhtar opened his stores to hand out a generator and diesel drum to every inner courtyard in our district.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Neighbours have complained about fires and for months there was a constant hum from electrical generators.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Power-hungry data-center developers have turned Caterpillar’s once-prosaic business of electricity generators into the equipment maker’s leading source of profit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Cummins’s generators are now mostly used for standby power in data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Governments and tech giants are pouring huge sums into building data centres that can train and run AI tools such as chatbots, image generators and agents that can execute tasks.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

It’s hard to miss with the fields covered in fallen trees and the hum of generators running at the house.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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