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The canceled order takes away Boom’s launch customer. Crusoe says it may still use turbines at other sites, while Boom is counting on deliveries elsewhere.
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The cancellation removes the customer Boom had counted on to launch sales of its Superpower turbines, a business intended to help fund the Overture aircraft program and generate data for its Symphony engine. Boom says it still expects deliveries to other sites, but has not named those customers. Crusoe has not ruled out gas turbines generally: its power choices vary by site, including a Microsoft data center planned around on-site gas generation.
The December 2025 order covered 29 Superpower turbines rated at 1.21 GW in total, for $1.25 billion; deliveries were expected from 2027.
Crusoe’s 1.2-GW Oracle and OpenAI facility uses grid power primarily, with gas turbines for backup; its separate 900-MW Microsoft site is planned for on-site gas power.
Boom forecasts about 250 MW of turbine deliveries to other sites in 2027 and 1 GW in 2028; it has not named those customers.
Boom Supersonic has lost the launch customer for its natural-gas power turbines. Crusoe and Boom have ended their agreement for 29 units after Crusoe changed its near-term power plans for its Abilene data centers. Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch that it is no longer doing business with Boom, but said turbines remain among the energy options it considers for its sites.
When Boom announced Crusoe as Superpower’s launch customer in December 2025, the order covered 29 turbines totaling 1.21 gigawatts of rated capacity. Crusoe had agreed to spend $1.25 billion, with first deliveries expected to begin in 2027. The cancellation ends that planned purchase before those deliveries were due.
Superpower is a 42-megawatt stationary turbine designed to generate electricity by burning natural gas. Boom is developing it alongside Symphony, the engine for its planned Overture passenger jet; the two share much of their underlying technology. That connection makes the lost order more than a setback for one proposed data-center installation. Boom had presented turbine sales as part of its path toward funding and developing the aircraft program.
Boom CEO Blake Scholl said the launch partnership no longer made sense because turbines were no longer part of Crusoe’s near-term primary power mix at Abilene and other sites. That does not mean Crusoe has ruled out gas turbines. Its spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company chooses power sources site by site and still considers turbines alongside wind, solar, batteries and the grid.
The distinction is between using turbines at a site and buying Boom’s turbines under this agreement. Crusoe’s grid-powered Oracle and OpenAI facility keeps gas generation in reserve. Its Microsoft facility is planned around on-site gas turbines. Neither arrangement changes the companies’ confirmation that their Boom partnership has ended.
Boom raised $300 million alongside its original Superpower announcement. At the time, it said revenue from the turbine business would finance certification and delivery of Overture, while operating the turbines would produce reliability data for the jet-engine program. Losing Crusoe removes the named first customer from that plan, not Boom’s stated intention to keep selling Superpower.
Scholl says Boom expects to deliver about 250 megawatts of Superpower turbines to other sites in 2027 and is targeting 1 gigawatt in 2028. Those are company plans, not completed deliveries. Boom has not identified those other customers in its account of the Crusoe split. The next meaningful test is whether deliveries elsewhere give the turbine business a working launch without the customer it originally announced.
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