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The facility is already making parts while construction continues. A prototype core intended for both data-center turbines and aircraft engines faces its first planned firing before Thanksgiving.
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Boom’s Colorado plant is already producing turbine parts before construction is complete, but the near-term test of its AI-power push is whether it can turn that work into customer-ready units. CEO Blake Scholl forecasts roughly 250 MW of Superpower capacity deliveries in 2027; customers were not identified, and the figure is a company expectation rather than delivered capacity. The facility’s 2028 and 2029 output targets signal a planned ramp, while shared engine-core development ties the power business to Boom’s supersonic-aircraft program.
Superpower is a 42-megawatt natural-gas turbine designed for data-center customers.
Boom says the Centennial site is making turbine parts while construction continues.
The completed Sprint Core prototype is intended for both Superpower and Symphony, the engine being developed for Boom’s Overture airliner.
Boom Supersonic presented a Colorado factory for its AI data-center power business on October 22, 2026, setting out a production schedule that starts with deliveries in mid-2027. The Centennial facility will manufacture Superpower, a 42-megawatt natural-gas turbine, while the company develops an engine core intended to serve both electricity generation and supersonic flight.
The factory is not waiting for construction to finish before beginning work. Boom said the site was already making turbine parts, even as building work continued. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Colorado Governor Jared Polis attended the unveiling, according to Ars Technica.
Boom’s schedule separates the first customer deliveries from a later increase in manufacturing volume. After the initial shipments, it aims to reach annual output of 25 turbines in 2028 and 50 in 2029. Those figures are production targets, not completed units or electricity already available to data centers.
Alongside the factory announcement, Boom said it had completed Sprint Core, a prototype turbine core. It is intended for both Superpower and Symphony, the engine being developed for Boom’s Overture airliner. That shared component is the concrete engineering link between the company’s data-center power program and its aircraft work.
Completing the prototype puts a test article in hand; the next announced step is to fire it. Boom plans the first firing before Thanksgiving 2026 at Colorado Air & Space Port. The milestone concerns the shared core, rather than a customer delivery of the finished Superpower turbine.
The delivery ambition also has a capacity figure attached. CEO Blake Scholl said Boom expects to deliver about 250 megawatts of Superpower capacity in 2027, without naming the customers. That forecast describes generating capacity, distinct from the annual unit-production goals laid out for the factory’s later ramp.
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