IonQ has announced plans to establish the Tennessee Quantum Communications Research Center in collaboration with energy and communications company EPB.
Set to be located in Chattanooga, a city in the southeast of the state, the center will house the “world’s first commercial quantum memory embedded within an operational communications network,” the partners said.
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Maryland-based quantum computing firm IonQ will commit $15 million over a five-year period for the project, while EPB will provide the live network development test bed and serve as the primary commercialization partner.
In a statement, EPB said that work undertaken at the center would support the company’s plans to interlink quantum computers, quantum research nodes, and related commercial facilities, whilst simultaneously expanding Tennessee’s “already deep commitment to hosting a unique and expansive quantum ecosystem.”
