Boom Supersonic sells a 42 MW natural gas turbine called Superpower, built on the same engine core the company is developing for Symphony, its supersonic engine. Boom pitches the unit as waterless power generation for AI data centers. It is designed, built and assembled in Denver, Colorado.
The ISO rating is 42 MW, and Boom says the unit keeps that full output at ambient temperatures up to 110°F. Efficiency is 39 percent. Superpower burns natural gas with diesel as backup and uses no water, running 24/7 according to the company. Boom describes it as built for the places data centers are going, which tend to be hot.
The package is four road-transportable trailer modules: air intake, turbine, generator and exhaust. Boom says the modules ship as wide-load trailers and run where they are parked, with no permanent building required. The company also says new grid connections can take years, while Superpower goes from delivery to power in days. For manufacturing executives planning energy-intensive facilities, that timeline is the claim to weigh.
Boom frames output in terms of scale. One unit generates enough electricity for 10 NFL stadiums, the company says, and 24 units can power a 1 GW data center. Boom calls this an "unprecedented capacity for its footprint." The arithmetic holds: 24 units at 42 MW each comes to 1,008 MW.
Superpower also fits a sequence Boom lays out for its aircraft business. XB-1, the company's demonstrator, proved the technology, in Boom's telling. Superpower puts the engine core to work on the ground. Overture, the airliner, is the end goal, with pre-orders from United, American and Japan Airlines. Boom describes Overture as twice as fast as today's airliners, and 50 percent faster when flying boomless.
