Boom opens Superpower turbine factory for AI data centers

Boom Supersonic said it completed its first turbine core and opened an operational factory in Centennial, Colorado that is making parts for its Superpower natural-gas turbines while construction continues.

Boom is pitching Superpower, a 42-megawatt turbine, as a source of on-site electricity for AI data centers. Its prototype Sprint Core combines the compressor, combustor and high-pressure turbine—the sections that compress air, burn fuel and extract energy—and is designed to support both Superpower and the Symphony engine planned for the company’s Overture aircraft, Boom said.

Boom said it was shipping the completed core to a test site at Colorado Air and Space Port, with a first firing expected before Thanksgiving 2026. The announcement did not include completed firing or performance-test results.

Boom says the factory spans nearly 200,000 square feet across two buildings and represents a $150 million investment. The company describes the site as operational because it is producing parts, while saying construction will continue and the facility is expected to be fully operational in early 2027. It also plans to install a digital single-crystal foundry and ship the first components from that operation in 2027.

Boom is targeting its first customer deliveries in mid-2027. It says the factory could reach annual output of 1 gigawatt, or 25 turbines, in 2028 and 2 gigawatts, or 50 turbines, in 2029. Those figures are company production targets, not completed orders or deliveries.

That manufacturing milestone follows a setback in Boom’s initial sales plan. In December 2025, Boom named Crusoe as Superpower’s launch customer for 29 turbines totaling 1.21 gigawatts and said its backlog exceeded $1.25 billion. Boom CEO Blake Scholl and a Crusoe spokesperson later confirmed that the partnership was no longer moving forward. Boom’s October factory announcement did not identify replacement customers or sites for planned 2027 deliveries.