Sunday, May 18, 2025

Milestone in bid to build world’s first large-scale quantum computer in Australia

The Aussies don't want to be left behind! 😊

"One of the world’s largest cryogenic cooling plants will be built in Brisbane, Australia as part of constructing the first large-scale quantum computer.

An agreement has been announced between the quantum computer builders, US company PsiQuantum, and Linde Engineering – a global industrial gases company based in Europe. ...

Linde has signed an agreement to cool PsiQuantum’s new quantum hardware to the required -269°C.

In February, PsiQuantum released for the first time results which they say show the company is ready to build a “useful” quantum computer by 2027. The major development was the construction of a set of photonic chips called “Omega”. ...

Investment in PsiQuantum’s quantum computer from the Australian federal government and Queensland state government combined comes to about A$1 billion. The facility will require a warehouse-sized computing building which will be similar in size and layout to a datacentre. Attached to this building is the cryoplant. ..."

Milestone in bid to build world’s first large-scale quantum computer in Australia

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