Crusoe Drops Boom as Launch Partner for Planned $1.25 Billion Turbine Order

Crusoe is no longer Boom Supersonic’s launch customer for a planned 29-turbine order that Boom valued at more than $1.25 billion. On September 25, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl said the companies would not launch the turbines together. Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch it would not proceed with Boom on the plan. The Denver data-center company said it still intends to use turbines—just not Boom’s.

The decision removes Boom’s intended first customer for its Superpower turbines and changes Crusoe’s equipment-sourcing plans for AI data centers. Boom’s December 9, 2025 announcement described 29 turbines rated at 42 megawatts apiece and said the order represented more than $1.25 billion in backlog. That is an announced order figure, not $1.25 billion already paid to Boom; the megawatt rating describes capacity, not electricity already delivered.

Other power agreements predate the split

Crusoe had already arranged generation capacity with other manufacturers. A July 22, 2025 announcement with GE Vernova described orders for 29 different turbine packages expected to provide nearly 1 gigawatt. A June 3, 2026 announcement with Bergen Engines described approximately 438 megawatts under contract and another 310 megawatts in a letter of intent. Neither earlier announcement identifies equipment replacing Boom’s planned units at a particular data center.

The split also matters to Boom’s suppliers. Baker Hughes said in February 2026 it had firm generator orders associated with Boom’s 1.21-gigawatt Crusoe commitment. The companies’ decision to end the launch partnership does not establish the status of those separate orders. Boom had said Superpower sales would help finance its planned Overture airliner. Scholl projected about 250 megawatts of other turbine deliveries in 2027—a plan for future sales, while Crusoe’s departure from the launch partnership is the confirmed change.