The partnership will support the creation of the IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre to be based at the Ray Dolby Centre, the new home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory. The centre will house an IonQ 256-qubit quantum computer.
“Access and computing time for the National Computing Centre of the UK Research and Innovation, will be provided for three years.
This will enable researchers and early-stage companies from across the UK to make use of the first commercial-scale quantum computer at a UK university.
The IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre will host a research portfolio across quantum computing, quantum networks, quantum sensing and quantum security.
The partnership will also support new academic positions, postdoctoral fellows and PhD students at the University.
“This is a true partnership bringing together physics, engineering, medicine, computer science, policy and more.” says Professor Mete Atatüre, head of the Cavendish Laboratory.
The IonQ partnership will support long-term research funding for quantum science and technology at Cambridge, as well as the co-development of new quantum network nodes and sensing capabilities across the University, including a strengthening of the existing Cambridge to Bristol UK quantum network.
The quantum computer will be managed by Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s innovation arm.
