Crusoe has abandoned a $1.25 billion plan to buy 29 gas turbines from Boom Supersonic for its AI data centres, with deliveries previously expected to begin in 2027, TechCrunch reported on 25 September.
Key points
- Crusoe was to be the launch customer for Boom’s Superpower turbines, each rated at 42 megawatts.
- Boom’s chief executive says turbines have left Crusoe’s near-term primary power plans at Abilene and other sites.
- Boom raised $300 million in 2025, largely to commercialise its stationary power business.
- Boom says it expects to deliver about 250 MW to other sites in 2027 and is targeting 1 GW in 2028.
Crusoe changes its Abilene power plans
Boom chief executive Blake Scholl said in a 25 September post on X that the companies would no longer pursue their turbine launch partnership. Turbines had ceased to be part of Crusoe’s near-term primary power plans for Abilene and other locations, he said, removing the basis for the arrangement.
Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch that it was no longer doing business with Boom. Its spokesperson, Andrew Schmitt, said the data-centre developer selects power supplies according to the needs of each site. He named turbines, wind, solar, batteries and the grid among its options.
“While Boom has been a great partner, the partnership isn’t the right fit today,” Schmitt said. Crusoe is bringing additional campuses online across the country, he added, and retains flexibility over how they are powered.
Crusoe began in 2018 as a bitcoin miner using surplus natural gas from oil fields. It now builds AI data centres, including an Abilene, Texas, campus that supplies computing power to OpenAI. Scholl’s post also congratulated Crusoe founders Cully Cavness and Chase Lochmiller on the company’s $3.9 billion fundraising.
Boom loses its 29-turbine launch order
Crusoe had agreed to spend $1.25 billion on 29 Superpower units, becoming the first customer for Boom’s stationary power business. Each natural gas-fired turbine is rated at 42 megawatts. The first deliveries had been planned for 2027.
Boom launched the stationary business in 2025 alongside its work on Overture, a supersonic passenger aircraft. Superpower shares about 80% of its components with Symphony, the aircraft engine Boom is developing for Overture, TechCrunch reported. Scholl intended to put profits from stationary power plants towards Overture’s development, he told TechCrunch.
Boom raised $300 million in 2025, largely to bring the stationary power business to market. Scholl told TechCrunch at the time that the company intended to use profits from selling stationary plants to finance Overture’s development. Crusoe’s withdrawal removes the customer that was due to introduce that business.
Boom targets 250 MW in 2027
Scholl said Boom had other customers in its pipeline and expected to deliver about 250 MW of Superpower turbines to other sites in 2027. The company is targeting 1 GW of deliveries in 2028. Those figures are Boom’s plans for other locations, separate from the Crusoe order that had been scheduled to start in 2027.
Scholl left open the possibility of working with Crusoe again if turbines return to its primary power plans. Crusoe’s spokesperson likewise included turbines among the energy sources the company may choose for its campuses. Boom’s stated delivery plan now centres on other sites, with about 250 MW expected in 2027.
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