Diraq has installed a silicon spin quantum computer inside a commercial data center. The system is now live at Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) in Sydney, Australia. The company describes it as the world's first silicon spin quantum computer deployed in a commercial data center.
The system at Equinix currently operates with eight qubits. Diraq is targeting up to 256 qubits in the same deployed system within the next year. The current quantum computer draws less than 20 kW and takes up 172 square feet of floor space. Diraq expects a future utility-scale system to draw around 300 kW and occupy as little as 54 square feet.
Diraq's silicon spin architecture uses the same semiconductor manufacturing processes used to produce conventional computer chips. The company says customers can increase computing power by upgrading the quantum processor with minimal changes to surrounding infrastructure.
"We are now at a point where quantum computing can start to reach industries and the people they serve," said Andrew Dzurak, CEO and Founder of Diraq. "Being inside a commercial data center is how we start proving that claim," Dzurak said.
The deployment follows Diraq's advancement to Stage C of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, one of six companies to reach the program's final stage with potential funding of up to US$300 million. Diraq also signed a US$38 million letter of intent with the Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Science Act.
Diraq is also launching Quantum at Work, a report examining how quantum computing could contribute to progress in medicine, energy, materials, climate and transport. The company operates teams across Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Chicago and Albuquerque, alongside its Australian research operations.
Source: Diraq news
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