Crusoe Canceled Its $1.25B AI-Power Workaround Because It Never Needed It

Crusoe, one of the largest AI data-center builders (host to OpenAI and Oracle's Abilene, Texas campus), canceled its $1.25 billion agreement to buy 29 of Boom Supersonic's jet-derived 42MW 'Superpower' turbines, confirmed by Boom CEO Blake Scholl in a Sept 25, 2026 X post and reported the same day by TechCrunch. The deal, signed in December 2025, was pitched as a fast workaround for the AI industry's power-grid interconnection bottleneck — turbines that could be installed in months rather than the years grid connections often take. But Crusoe's actual flagship 1.2GW Abilene campus has run on ordinary grid power throughout, with gas turbines used only as emergency backup, not primary supply. Scholl said turbines are 'no longer part of Crusoe's near-term primary power mix' at Abilene or its other sites. Boom still plans to deliver roughly 250MW of the same turbines to other customers next year and is targeting 1GW by 2028 — the cancellation reflects Crusoe's own power-sourcing decision, not a verdict on the turbine technology itself. The news comes weeks after Crusoe raised $3.9 billion at a $30.9 billion valuation.