Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has deployed New York City’s first quantum computer.
Housed in a quantum-AI data center run by Digital Realty in the Google building in Chelsea, the system will be combined with an Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchip.
The data center at 111 8th Avenue, New York City, is a carrier hotel acquired by Google in 2010 in a deal reported to be worth around $1.8 billion.
Bloomberg reported that OQC CEO Gerald Mullally declined to confirm the exact cost of the system, but said he expected the company to spend “tens of millions of dollars” over the next three to five years, partly on the purchase of Nvidia chips to integrate into the system. OQC plans to upgrade the quantum computer to a more powerful system by 2028.
The news outlet added that the system’s installation is expected to be one of a number of UK-US partnerships set to be announced during Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK.
In a separate interview with The Times, Mullally said that the facility was “the industry’s first quantum AI data center,” adding that it is expected to be open to select customers this year before being made available to the wider market in 2026.
Source: datacenterdynamics.com
