Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers
Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl said its new stationary power plants were no longer in Crusoe's near-term plans.
TL;DR
- Crusoe has canceled a $1.25 billion deal to buy 29 stationary power plants from Boom Supersonic.
- The turbines were developed by Boom Supersonic for its Overture supersonic jet engine.
- Crusoe cited evolving energy needs for different data center sites as the reason for canceling the partnership.
- Boom Supersonic confirmed the deal's termination and mentioned other customers are in its pipeline.
- Crusoe's Abilene data center is currently powered by the grid, with a gas-turbine plant for backup.
- Crusoe is building another data center for Microsoft that will be powered by on-site gas turbines.