Crusoe cancels $1.25B turbine purchase from Boom for AI data centers
Crusoe has ended a planned $1.25 billion purchase of 29 stationary power turbines from Boom Supersonic. Boom CEO Blake Scholl said the turbines are no longer part of Crusoe's near-term power mix for its Abilene and other AI data center sites. Crusoe confirmed the companies are no longer working together, while Boom said it will deliver about 250MW of Superpower turbines to other customers next year.
Crusoe, founded in 2018 as a bitcoin miner using surplus natural gas from oilfields, later became a major AI data center developer. Its Abilene, Texas, campus supplies OpenAI, while a separate 900MW Microsoft site there is planned to run on on-site gas turbines.
Boom, also Denver-based, is developing the Overture supersonic jet and spun up a stationary-power unit. Its Superpower turbine shares most parts with the Symphony engine. Crusoe had agreed to buy 29 42MW units for $1.25B, with first deliveries slated for 2027. Boom now expects roughly 250MW for other customers next year and 1GW by 2028.
The cancellation may affect how quickly AI data centers add on-site power, with nearby communities and grids potentially seeing different emissions, land-use, and reliability tradeoffs. Boom’s plan to fund supersonic development through stationary turbines could face added uncertainty, while Crusoe retains flexibility to choose among grid, gas, wind, solar, and batteries. Investors and turbine suppliers may read the split as a sign that AI power demand is strong but procurement remains volatile.