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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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Opinion: 5 big reasons why South Chicago should embrace its quantum future

Crain’s Chicago Business – Chicago’s world-famous skyline stands tall on the very steel forged in the furnaces of the South Works mill. For generations, this industrial powerhouse was a source…

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South Works quantum campus gets final City Council approval

Crain’s Chicago Business – The City Council approved the massive quantum campus planned for the 440-acre former U.S. Steel South Works site today, setting up the development to begin construction…

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Quantum park adds two more U of I leaders to senior team

Crain’s Chicago Business – Two more senior University of Illinois staffers have signed on to help turn the quantum computing park on the South Side into reality. Read the Full…

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How Chicago got ahead of the curve on quantum computing

Crain’s Chicago Business – Long before Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was cajoling state legislators to give him $500 million to bet on quantum computing, University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer…

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U of I, state name quantum-research park board of directors

Crain’s Chicago Business – A University of Illinois offshoot has named a board to oversee the state’s new quantum research campus that will be built on the former U.S. Steel…

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For these companies, quantum computing isn’t a far-off dream. It’s now.

Crain’s Chicago Business – Illinois wants to win the quantum computing race, so much so that it’s putting up a half-billion dollars in a bid to make Chicago a world…

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Chicago has bet on quantum computing as a job generator. It’s already happening.

Crain’s Chicago Business – An ecosystem of quantum companies already has emerged in Chicago focused on developing various parts of a computing technology that’s expected to solve large and complex…

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U.S. Steel South Works site wins massive quantum project

Crain’s Chicago Business – Illinois is making its giant bet on quantum computing on the Far South Side of Chicago at the former U.S. Steel South Works plant on Lake…

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