Boom SupersonicPre-production
42 MW natural-gas turbine derived from the same core engine technology as Symphony, with about 80% hardware commonality. Superpower is designed for AI data centers and other onsite power applications, emphasizing waterless operation and strong output in hot, dry environments.
Latest update Sep 20, 2026
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Boom revealed Superpower in December 2025 with Crusoe as launch customer for 29 turbines worth $1.25B+. Aviation Week reported on September 8, 2026 that the shared Symphony sprint core is nearing completion and expected to begin ground tests at Watkins, Colorado, within two months, a slip out of the original Q3 2026 window into roughly November, ahead of end-2026 assembly of a fully integrated 42 MW pre-production turbine and operational readiness in H1 2027. First customer deliveries to Crusoe are targeted for late 2027. Baker Hughes is supplying 31 generators totaling 1.3 GW to pair with the turbines.
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Announced next steps from Boom Supersonic that mention Superpower.
Nov 2026
CEO Blake Scholl said in late August 2026 that Boom was a few weeks from running the Symphony sprint core for the first time at the Colorado Air and Space Port. Aviation Week reported on September 8 that the prototype high-pressure core is nearing completion and is expected to begin ground tests at Watkins, Colorado, within two months, a slip out of the original Q3 2026 window into roughly November. The 14,000-pound stand-alone test article covers the high compressor, combustor, and high turbine, the key technical gate for de-risking both Symphony and the Superpower turbine.
End of 2026
TargetEnd of 2026 (assembly); H1 2027 (operational)
Use the sprint core results to assemble a fully integrated 42 MW pre-production Superpower turbine by the end of 2026 and reach operational readiness in the first half of 2027 ahead of the first Crusoe deliveries.
2027
TargetAbout 250 MW in 2027 to unnamed sites; 1 GW company target in 2028
Late 2027
TargetLate 2027 (first deliveries); 2030 (4 GW/yr)
Begin handing over the first units from the 29-turbine, $1.25B+ Crusoe order in late 2027 (per CEO Blake Scholl in June 2026), then ramp Superpower production toward 1 GW in 2028, 2 GW in 2029, and 4 GW in 2030 to fund Overture development.
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Boom CEO Blake Scholl said on Sept. 25 that Crusoe is no longer the launch partner for Superpower, Boom's 42 MW data-center turbine, because turbines are no longer part of Crusoe's near-term power mix at Abilene and other sites. Crusoe had been described as ordering 29 turbines worth $1.25 billion with first deliveries in 2027; Crusoe confirmed to TechCrunch it is no longer doing business with Boom. Scholl said Boom still expects to deliver about 250 MW of Superpowers next year to other unnamed sites and is targeting 1 GW in 2028.
Boom Supersonic is targeting the end of 2027 to ship the first five units of its Superpower ground turbines, founder and CEO Blake Scholl said at the AIAA AVIATION Forum on June 11. Each Superpower generates 42 megawatts - which Boom argues is enough to power the AI data centers being built across the U.S. - and the units are derived from the same core the company developed for the Symphony engines that will power its Overture supersonic airliner. Boom says it already holds about $1.2 billion in orders for the natural-gas turbines, an adjacent business line that monetizes its propulsion R&D ahead of Overture's entry into service.
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