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Infleqtion Plans $50M Quantum Computer at Illinois Quantum Microelectronics Park on South Side
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUL 23 – Infleqtion will invest $14 million and create at least 50 jobs to build Illinois' first utility-scale quantum computer at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.
- On Wednesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker will announce a new tenant at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park at the former U.S. Steel South Works site; Infleqtion will join the park to build Illinois’s first utility-scale quantum computer, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced.
- The state’s 2025 budget allocated $500 million for quantum research, including $300 million toward the South Works campus, and Infleqtion will invest $14 million and receive over $5 million in tax credits under the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity Program.
- Infleqtion agreed to create at least 50 new engineering and research jobs, the site is projected to generate a $20 billion economic impact over the next decade, and its quantum computer measures roughly the size of a dinner table.
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker acknowledged concerns from the Alliance of the Southeast, and Zoe Leigh said `these companies are receiving tens of millions in tax incentives, yet we see no measurable reinvestment into the local Black community.`
- The Citizens Utility Board reports PJM’s capacity cost is about 22% higher than last year’s rate in ComEd territory.
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Infleqtion plans $50M quantum computer at Illinois Quantum Microelectronics Park on South Side
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Gov. JB Pritzker announces another tenant at South Chicago's quantum park
Quantum company Infleqtion will join the state’s massive quantum campus at the former U.S. Steel South Works site with the goal of building the first utility-scale quantum computer in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday.The $50 million investment makes Infleqtion the latest company to announce its presence at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, where Pritzker and his allies are hoping to develop the “Silicon Valley” of qua…
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