Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park
Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park
Core Tenets of the Park
Collaboration is Key
Quantum technology is complex, and requires a joint effort between scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, and end users across the entire value chain.
Shared Infrastructure to Speed Up Success
Common capabilities like cryo and test equipment can be shared to accelerate advancements in research and commercialization.
Diversity at its Core
The IQMP is focused on providing workforce opportunities for all, particularly in Chicago’s South Side community.
Bolstered by Partnership
The park is a shared venture amongst government, universities and colleges, labs and research institutions, and businesses.
Why Illinois
Located in the heart of the U.S., Illinois is a unique global business destination that has all of the attributes companies need to succeed. The state offers unmatched talent throughout a diverse array of industries, along with world-class infrastructure that allows companies to move their people and products quickly and efficiently via air, rail, road and water.
WHAT
The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) is a first-of-its-kind park for quantum scale-up and related quantum and advanced microelectronics research and development.
WHERE
Minutes away from downtown Chicago along Lake Michigan, this site will: 1.) build on a track record of historic investment by the State in quantum information science and technology, and 2.) further establish Illinois as a global hub for quantum.
WHO
The park is designed to support the full ecosystem of companies, researchers, suppliers, end users and other partners working to facilitate the development and commercialization of quantum technologies, including the world's first fault-tolerant computers.
HOW
The IQMP will be managed and operated by a University-Related Organization (URO) LLC established by the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees. The URO LLC will be led by an appointed Board of Managers consisting of key stakeholders in the park and major research institutions across the State.
WHY QUANTUM
Quantum technologies have the potential to tackle many of the biggest challenges in healthcare, energy, transportation, financial services, agriculture and national security.
Components of the Park
128 acres of land ready for immediate development with more than 300 acres available for further development with access to world-class talent, infrastructure such as power and water, transportation access within the Chicagoland region, across the country, and the world
A production site from the anchor tenant, PsiQuantum, with a focus on building and operating a full scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer
An Industrial scale cryoplant and a shared-use cryo-facility providing access to a range of low-temperature solutions for commercial as well as research use
The base of the IL-DARPA Quantum Proving Ground applied research program, a space to prototype and test promising quantum technologies
Supplier facilities for components critical for scale-up such as dilution refrigerators, interconnect, microelectronics and control electronics
Workforce development programs to provide trainees and workers of all backgrounds access to quantum and microelectronics education
A Quantum algorithm center for researchers and industry to design, test and deploy quantum algorithms, applications and software to solve critical challenges for business and society
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