12-05-2025
Pritzker Scores Quantum Win as Australian Firm Picks Chicago Hub
Illinois's quantum campus, championed by Governor JB Pritzker, is adding an Australian tech firm to its list of future tenants on Chicago's South Side, advancing his push to make the state a hub for the industry.
The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, which will be under construction over the next two years, has signed a letter of intent with Diraq, an Australian firm working on expanding technology using silicon quantum dot spin qubits, which quantum computers use to exchange information. Diraq will use the park's 'On-Ramp,' a program that provides more than 2,000 square feet of space and specialized equipment while the campus is under development at the site of a former US Steel plant.
