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Aerial view of U.S. Steel South Works Site

Opinion: South Chicago finally has a shot at renewal. Let’s not waste it.

Crain’s Chicago Business – South Chicago is a community that is shaped by resilience. For generations, it was home to a thriving manufacturing industry, anchored by the South Works steel…

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DIRAQ CEO & Founder Andrew Dzurak

Quantum park planned for South Works site signs an Australian startup

Crain’s Chicago Business – An Australian quantum startup plans to join the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park. Read the Full Story from Crain’s Chicago Business

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Gov. JB Pritzker

Pritzker Scores Quantum Win as Australian Firm Picks Chicago Hub

Bloomberg – 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…

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DIRAQ CEO & Founder Andrew Dzurak

Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park and DARPA QBI Performer Diraq Sign Letter of Intent to Join Park as a Future Tenant

Global company plans to be a user of the IQMP On-Ramp Program, which will allow companies to begin work in Illinois while Park is under development CHICAGO – Today, the…

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Entrance to Bowen High School

Bowen HS Science Program Gets $10K From PsiQuantum, A South Works Campus Tenant

Block Club Chicago – One of the tenants of a planned South Side megadevelopment has donated $10,000 to support science education at a nearby high school. PsiQuantum, an anchor tenant…

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Quantum Computer Chip

Call it ‘Qubit County’: The 5 locations poised to become the Silicon Valley of quantum computing

Business Insider – As the quantum computing era begins, five locations are poised to become the next tech hot spot, driving economic growth like Silicon Valley did for the Bay…

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Fast Company: Most Innovative Companies 2025

The Most Innovative Companies in Economic Development for 2025

Fast Company – Once compared to the ruins of the Colosseum and Roman aqueducts, the former U.S. Steel plant South Works, in Chicago’s South Side, presents a gargantuan urban void.…

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Photograph of US Capitol

Senators Introduce $2.5 Billion Bill to Expand U.S. Quantum Research

Quantum Insider – The U.S. Senate is moving to boost the country’s quantum research capabilities with a bipartisan bill that would authorize more than $2.5 billion in funding over five…

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Rendering of the IQMP campus with the city of Chicago in the background

New legislation aims to further cement Illinois as global quantum computing hub

Chicago Business Journal – A new bill proposed this week seeks to significantly boost quantum research funding. Find out how much is at stake. Read the Full Story from Chicago…

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PsiQuantum's Dr. Pete Shadboldt speaks at the Wall Street Journal's CIO Network Summit

Quantum Computing Is Closer Than Ever. Everybody’s Too Busy to Pay Attention.

The Wall Street Journal – PsiQuantum says it will have a commercially useful quantum computer available as soon as 2027. But whether businesses are ready to take advantage of that…

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