State leaders are pushing to establish New Mexico as a national hub for quantum technology, an effort officials say is growing an industry from scratch, KRQE reports.
Nora Meyers Sackett, director of the Technology and Innovation Office at Economic Development New Mexico, according to a department news release, told KRQE there are now 12 quantum facilities in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces and Socorro, and the state is looking to reach rural communities too. She said quantum computers could, for example, model interactions between chemicals and medications to help identify new cancer drugs. "Today, we’ve invested a little over $450 million across different programs, and we’re really excited to see that we’re growing an industry basically from scratch," Sackett told KRQE.
Maybell Quantum, QuEra Computing and Qunnect are part of a quantum venture studio in Albuquerque run by Roadrunner Venture Studios, and the state recently awarded $1.2 million to six early-stage companies, KRQE reported. Mesa Quantum is among those six awardees, according to Economic Development New Mexico, and Quantinuum announced in January 2025 that it would build a quantum research and development center in the state, according to a company news release. The Legislature also created a Research Development and Deployment Fund with $150 million in grants to support quantum companies, KRQE reported.
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