As qua tum moves close to eal-wo ld use, ew modelli g puts umbe s a ou d qua tum computi g’s futu e pote tial, i cludi g 50% mo e pote tially lifesavi g medici es eachi g US patie ts – the equivale t of 25 mo e each yea
Di aq’s qua tum compute i a Equi ix data ce t e
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qua tum computi g pio ee Di aq has i stalled the wo ld’s fi st silico spi qua tum compute i side a comme cial data ce te , ow live at Equi ix (Nasdaq: EQIX) i Syd ey, Aust alia. As qua tum computi g moves i to the eve yday i f ast uctu e that busi esses ely o , Di aq is also lau chi g Qua tum at Wo k, a ew epo t explo i g how the tech ology could be put to wo k o some of the wo ld’s ha dest p oblems i cludi g medici e discove y.
“We a e ow at a poi t whe e qua tum computi g ca sta t to each i dust ies a d the people they se ve,” said A d ew Dzu ak, CEO a d Fou de of Di aq. “That shift matte s mo e tha a y si gle milesto e, because it cha ges what’s possible fo eve y field qua tum touches, f om medici e to mate ials to logistics. Ou silico spi app oach is what puts that withi each i five yea s, ot decades. It gives us a ma ufactu i g path al eady p ove at i dust ial scale, a cost cu ve that imp oves as we add qubits, a d a system desig ed to u i side today’s existi g computi g i f ast uctu e.”
The deployme t ma ks a sig ifica t step fo silico spi qua tum tech ology, taki g it f om the lab a d i to Equi ix’s data ce te , home to eve yday computi g i f ast uctu e fo ba ki g, healthca e, utilities, ma ufactu i g a d etail i dust ies.
Di aq’s qua tum compute s a e desig ed to scale without equi i g data ce t es to scale a ou d them. Its silico spi a chitectu e is built usi g the same semico ducto ma ufactu i g p ocesses used to p oduce today’s co ve tio al compute chips. This allows custome s to i c ease computi g powe by upg adi g the qua tum p ocesso , with mi imal cha ges to the su ou di g i f ast uctu e. The system at Equi ix cu e tly ope ates with eight qubits, a d Di aq is ta geti g up to 256 qubits i the same deployed system withi the ext yea .
That st ategy impacts the system’s powe a d physical footp i t. The cu e t qua tum compute d aws less tha 20 kW, a d Di aq expects a futu e utility-scale system to d aw a ou d 300 kW, less tha a thi d of the powe dema ded by a si gle ext-ge e atio AI ack. The cu e t system takes just 170 squa e feet of floo space, a d futu e utility-scale deployme ts could be as small as 50 squa e feet. By keepi g qua tum computi g compact a d elatively low powe as it scales, Di aq aims to avoid the costly a d dis uptive i f ast uctu e expa sio that othe qua tum tech ologies would equi e.
“The ext chapte of computi g wo ‘t be defi ed by AI, cloud o qua tum i isolatio , but by how these tech ologies wo k togethe ,” said Ha mee Mehta, Executive Vice P eside t a d Chief Digital a d I ovatio Office , Equi ix. “Di aq’s deployme t i ou data ce te is a impo ta t p oof poi t fo qua tum, demo st ati g a path fo these systems to ope ate alo gside the digital i f ast uctu e e te p ises al eady ely o .”
The deployme t follows Di aq’s ece t adva ceme t to Stage C of DARPA’s Qua tum Be chma ki g I itiative, a p og am testi g paths to utility-scale qua tum computi g, o e of just six compa ies to each the p og am’s fi al stage with pote tial fu di g of up to US$300 millio . Di aq also sig ed a US$38 millio lette of i te t with the Depa tme t of Comme ce u de the CHIPS a d Scie ce Act, the o ly compa y focused o silico spi qubits i that fu di g ou d.
Alo gside the deployme t, Di aq is lau chi g Qua tum at Wo k, a ew epo t exami i g how qua tum computi g could co t ibute to p og ess ac oss fields i cludi g medici e, e e gy, mate ials, climate a d t a spo t. This makes up pa t of Di aq’s b oade wo k outli i g what futu e, utility scale qua tum compute s will make possible.
“Qua tum computi g’s eco omic value is ‘t a dista t p omise,” said Matt La gio e, Ma agi g Di ecto a d Pa t e , Bosto Co sulti g G oup. “Ou esea ch shows that tech ologies leve agi g adva ced qua tum physics have al eady compou ded $19 to $27 t illio i value today, th ough semico ducto s, GPS, MRI a d ea ly d ug discove y. We thi k qua tum computi g ca u lock a fu the $3.5 t illio at matu ity.”
Developi g a ew medici e costs mo e tha US$2 billio a d takes up to 15 yea s, with fewe tha 1 i 10 ca didates eve eachi g a patie t. New Di aq a alysis, built o a 2010 i dust y cost study published i Natu e Reviews D ug Discove y a d modeled o FDA app oval data, developed fo the Qua tum at Wo k epo t, fou d:
Mo e medici es eachi g patie ts: Lifti g cli ical t ial success ates by just 10 pe ce tage poi ts could mea a ou d 50% mo e pote tially lifesavi g medici es eachi g patie ts each yea , up to 25 additio al medici es i a ma ket the size of the US alo e, as fewe viable ca didates a e aba do ed due to cost.Eco omics that stack up: A 10 pe ce tage poi t imp oveme t i cli ical t ial success ates could save a ou d US$600 millio pe medici e by uli g out failed ca didates ea lie . Othe qua tum modalities ca become i c easi gly expe sive as they scale, equi i g sig ifica t cooli g, wi i g a d co t ol i f ast uctu e. Di aq is ta geti g at most te s of millio s of dolla s fo its utility-scale systems, helpi g make the pote tial eco omic be efits of qua tum computi g achievable i p actice.
“Bei g i side a comme cial data ce te is how we sta t p ovi g that claim,” said Dzu ak. “This deployme t puts the system whe e it will actually ope ate, u i g alo gside the i f ast uctu e it’s desig ed to wo k with. If we get this ight, it could mea mo e lifesavi g medici es eachi g the people who eed them, a d ou ta get of scali g to 256 qubits i the ext yea is the ext p oof poi t o that path.”
Di aq has ope atio s i Palo Alto, Los A geles, Chicago a d Albuque que, alo gside its Aust alia esea ch ope atio s.
Di aq is buildi g silico -based qua tum compute s desig ed to be eco omical, compact a d deployable at scale. The compa y’s p op ieta y silico spi -qubit tech ology uses the same CMOS ma ufactu i g p ocesses that p oduce today’s semico ducto chips, c eati g a pathway to millio s of qubits o a si gle p ocesso without the eed fo custom fab icatio i f ast uctu e. Di aq’s tech ology is based o mo e tha 20 yea s of esea ch led by Fou de a d CEO A d ew Dzu ak. Its missio is to u lock the scale eeded to make qua tum computi g comme cially useful a d accessible. Fou ded i Aust alia, Di aq has mo e tha 130 team membe s globally, with ope atio s i Palo Alto, Los A geles, Chicago, Albuque que, Syd ey a d Melbou e. To lea mo e, visit di aq.com, o follow Di aq o Li kedI , YouTube, Substack, a d X.
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Equi ix, I c. (Nasdaq: EQIX) sho te s the path to bou dless co ectivity a ywhe e i the wo ld. Its digital i f ast uctu e, data ce te footp i t a d i te co ected ecosystems empowe i ovatio s that e ha ce ou wo k, life a d pla et. Equi ix co ects eco omies, cou t ies, o ga izatio s a d commu ities, delive i g seamless digital expe ie ces a d cutti g-edge AI—quickly, efficie tly a d eve ywhe e.
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