Chicago aldermen approve quantum park, but environmental concerns remain – Center Square

Chicago aldermen approve quantum park, but environmental concerns remain – Center Square

Vanessa Schwartz, executive director of Metropolitan Family Services Southeast Chicago Center, cited environmental issues with the former U.S. Steel site .“The land has been surely contaminated. One of the concerns is, once construction starts, what toxins, if anything, will be released into the community,” Schwartz told The Center Square.

IBM and State of Illinois to Establish National Quantum Algorithm Center in Chicago

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna shaking hands with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker at the announcement ceremony IBM and the State of Illinois, supported by universities and industry leaders, announced plans to establish the National Quantum Algorithm Center in Chicago's Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP). This initiative will feature IBM's Quantum System Two, equipped with the [...] The post IBM and State of Illinois to Establish National Qu…

City Council Approves Quantum Park As IBM Announces New Research Center - Chicago YIMBY

The Chicago City Council has approved the massive Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on the South Side. Set to replace the long-vacant 400-acre former South Works site, the project is already attracting new investments as IBM has announced a new research center within the campus. With the complex expected to break ground early next year.

Chicago Quantum Campus Creates Job Pipelines

Chicago is set to host a quantum computing campus on the long vacant South Works steel mill in South Chicago thanks to PsiQuantum a leading quantum computing company. The project has been backed by local leaders including Mayor Johnson who have pledged to create pipelines for South Siders to access jobs created by the development. Russell Ceballos dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering and Computer Science at Wilbur Wright College and…