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Diraq's new U.S. laboratory in Chicago marks a strategic expansion focused on cryogenic testing and qubit characterization essential for scaling silicon quantum systems. This move accelerates their roadmap toward utility-scale computing with thousands of physical qubits by 2029, leveraging local infrastructure to bridge the gap between prototype development and permanent campus construction.
Diraq expands to Chicago, aiming for thousands of qubits by 2029

Diraq has opened its first U.S. quantum laboratory in Chicago, expanding its research and development capacity as part of a global push toward utility-scale quantum computing. The facility supports work toward a commercially useful quantum computing system containing thousands of physical qubits by 2029.
Diraq has opened its first U.S. quantum laboratory in Chicago, with development work already underway on qubit measurements and cryogenic testing. The new facility, established through the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park’s On-Ramp program at mHUB, expands Diraq’s research and development capacity as…
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