AI data center builder Crusoe is no longer the launch customer for Boom Supersonic's Superpower gas turbine. Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl disclosed the change in a post on X on Sept. 25, TechCrunch reported. "Crusoe and Boom are no longer launching our Superpower turbine together," Scholl wrote, according to Unite.AI.
Crusoe had ordered 29 Superpower units, 1.21 gigawatts in total, to power its AI data centers. When Boom announced the partnership in December 2025, it disclosed a Superpower backlog of more than $1.25 billion, with Crusoe as the anchor order.
What Superpower is
Superpower is a 42-megawatt natural-gas turbine that fits in a package about the size of a 40-foot shipping container. It is built around the engine core of Symphony, the engine Boom is developing for its Overture supersonic airliner. TechCrunch reports the two share about 80% of their components. Boom says the turbine runs without water, keeps full output above 110°F, and is designed, built and assembled in Denver.
Boom launched the stationary-power business in 2025. It raised $300 million in December 2025, the same month it announced the Crusoe order. First deliveries were planned for 2027.
Why Crusoe stepped back
According to TechCrunch, Scholl's original post included a line he later removed: "The TL/DR is that turbines are no longer part of Crusoe's near term primary power mix at Abilene/etc." A Crusoe spokesperson, Andrew Schmitt, told TechCrunch: "We build AI factories from the power up, and we're bringing new campuses online across the country, powered by innovative energy sources." Crusoe says it stays flexible across turbines, wind, solar, batteries and grid power.
Crusoe was founded in 2018 as a bitcoin miner that used excess natural gas, and it is now headquartered in Denver. It built the 1.2-gigawatt Abilene, Texas, campus for Oracle and OpenAI, which runs on grid power with backup gas turbines. It is also building a 900-megawatt Abilene data center for Microsoft that is powered by on-site gas turbines. On Sept. 17, Crusoe announced a $3.9 billion Series F at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, and Unite.AI reports the company has more than $140 billion in total contracted value.
Other startups building power for AI data centers have raised money this year. Nuclear startup Valar Atomics raised $1 billion in August after its reactor powered an Nvidia system. Emerald AI raised $150 million for software that cuts a data center's draw from the grid during peak demand.
What's next for Boom
Scholl said the turbine program continues without Crusoe. "Boom will be delivering about 250MW of Superpowers next year to other sites, and we're targeting 1GW in 2028," he wrote. Boom has not named those customers. Unite.AI reports Boom has already ordered production equipment for 2 gigawatts of annual capacity. Separately, Overture has about 130 orders and pre-orders from airlines including United, American and Japan Airlines.
Source: TechCrunch, Unite.AI
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