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Crusoe abandons $1.25B plan to use Boom turbines at AI data centers

"Turns out jet engines are slightly less efficient than a wall outlet for powering H100s."

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Crusoe Energy has scrapped a $1.25 billion deal to use Boom Supersonic’s jet engine turbines as stationary power plants for AI data centers. While the idea was to solve the massive energy crunch facing GPU clusters, the project proved too complex for the near-term. This highlights the desperate, often wild lengths builders are going to to secure power for the AI boom.

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