New Mexico bets big on emerging quantum computing industry

Quantum computing is a relatively new and rapidly growing tech sector but New Mexico leaders believe it could seriously upgrade the state’s economy.

Many believe quantum is the next era of computer technology. A lot of states are trying to get in on this emerging industry as it develops but New Mexico believes they already have a head start and they’re doing what they can to continue that momentum.

“Two years earlier, we would have been too early for quantum. But two years from now, it will be too late,” New Mexico Economic Secretary Rob Black said.

Right now, New Mexico is leading the pack in quantum computing. Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs lead quantum technologies and many place the University of New Mexico’s Quantum Institute as one of the most highly regarded research programs in the U.S.

“We’ve had tremendous resources and now with the state really contributing also – and the labs have the federal resources – it’s really all about making it work, like just bringing it all together,” Quantum New Mexico Institute Director Robert Ledoux said.

By: Griffin Rushton | KOB

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