Crusoe abandons Boom turbine deal for AI data centers — TechCrunch

U.S. company Crusoe has abandoned its plan to purchase 29 stationary Superpower gas turbines from Boom Supersonic for artificial intelligence data centers, including a campus in Abilene, Texas. The agreement was valued at $1.25 billion, with the first deliveries planned to begin in 2027. Each Superpower turbine has a capacity of 42 MW.

Partnership canceled

As TechCrunch reports, Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said the companies will no longer pursue their partnership to deploy the turbines. According to him, the turbines are no longer part of Crusoe’s near-term plans for primary power supply in Abilene and other locations.

Crusoe confirmed the end of the cooperation to the publication. Company representative Andrew Schmitt said the developer retains flexibility in selecting energy sources for each site. Among the possible solutions, he named turbines, wind and solar energy, batteries, and the power grid.

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Stationary power plant business

Boom Supersonic is developing the Overture supersonic passenger aircraft. Last year, the company launched a business selling stationary natural gas power plants, for which it offers Superpower turbines. They consist of roughly 80% of the same components as the Symphony engines being developed for Overture.

Scholl said Boom plans to deliver Superpower turbines with a total capacity of about 250 MW to other sites next year and is targeting 1 GW in 2028. Last year, Boom raised $300 million primarily to commercialize its stationary power plant business. The company expected to direct profits from that business toward Overture’s development.

Crusoe was founded in 2018 as a bitcoin mining company that used excess natural gas at oil fields. It now builds AI data centers, including a large campus in Abilene that provides computing capacity to OpenAI.