Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park

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The Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) is a planned 128-acre technology campus on the site of the former U.S. Steel South Works on the south side of Chicago. [1] [2] It will focus on quantum computing and is not an AI data center. The park is the first phase of Quantum Shore Chicago, a 440-acre master-planned technology and innovation district along the Chicago lakefront. It is managed and operated by an LLC owned by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Among its goals is to create the world's first commercial quantum computer.

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The overall park is expected to cost $9 billion to construct. Work is expected to begin in 2026 and be complete in 2028.

Tenants

PsiQuantum of Palo Alto, California has been announced as the anchor tenant of the 128-acre Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, [3] PsiQuantum intends to build and deploy America’s first million-qubit scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. Other tenants include the DARPA-Illinois Quantum Proving Ground, [4] IBM, Diraq, Quantum Machines, and Infleqtion. [5] [6] French quantum computing company Pasqal will invest more than $65 million to build its U.S. headquarters there.

History

President of Cook County Board of Commissioners Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker participated in a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site on September 30, 2025. [7]

Friends of the Parks, ETHOS and Alliance of the Southeast organized to request a community benefits agreement for the development of the quantum campus, asking that 25% of full-time employees hired in the first three years are residents of the surrounding area. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park". University of Illinois.
  2. ↑ "Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park". Illinois EPA.
  3. ↑ "Gov. Pritzker Announces Location and PsiQuantum as Anchor Tenant of New Quantum Park". Governor JB Pritzker - Newsroom. July 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park". Chicago Quantum.
  5. ↑ Swayne, Matt (February 4, 2026). "Quantum Machines Becomes Sixth Tenant At Illinois Quantum Park". Quantum Insider.
  6. ↑ "Groundbreaking of Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park creates anchor for quantum innovation". UChicago News. October 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ Miller, Abby (October 1, 2025). "Construction kicks off at old steel mill in South Chicago, making way for massive quantum computing campus". Chicago Sun-Times.
  8. ↑ Ortiz, Joel (December 30, 2025). "Organizers Push for Ballot Referendum on South Chicago Quantum Computing Campus". WTTW.

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