The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has selected The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub for a $30 million federal implementation award. Managed by the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), the multi-state consortium spans Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin—a region referred to as the “Quantum Prairie”. The federal award has unlocked an additional $25 million in state and private matching funds, bringing the total new capital deployment to $55 million. The initiative is designed to transition the domestic quantum sector from lab-scale prototypes to industrial-scale manufacturing, directly reducing reliance on foreign-sourced hardware components and materials. Mitigating Foreign Supply Chain Dependencies While the [...]

The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub has secured nearly $55 million in combined public and private funding, including a $30 million U.S. EDA grant.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has selected The Bloch Quantum Tech Hub for a $30 million federal implementation award. Managed by the…

In alignment with federal initiatives to establish an integrated national research platform, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has announced a $50 million commitment in quantum computing access to…