IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna has confirmed that the greenfield city of Amaravati will host one of the first two physical IBM quantum computers deployed on-shore in India. Targeted for full operational commissioning by September 2026, the hardware deployment represents a key anchor transaction for the state of Andhra Pradesh’s Quantum Valley initiative. The on-premises installation aims to position the regional capital as the country’s primary deep-tech innovation hub, shifting India’s role in the sector from purely a remote consumer of cloud-routed compute blocks to a localized sovereign developer of physical quantum hardware. The upcoming hardware pipeline follows [...]

IBM plans to establish a quantum computer in Amaravati by 2026, boosting Andhra Pradesh's quantum innovation ecosystem.

Amaravati is set to become a major hub for quantum computing in India, with IBM announcing plans to install one of its advanced quantum systems there by September 2026. This move,…