Diraq and Equinix to Deploy Australia’s First Quantum Computer Inside a Data Centre

Diraq’s system will be the first silicon spin quantum computer to run in a shared commercial data centre globally, bringing quantum computing a step closer to industry

Sydney, Australia — 1 September 2026 — Diraq, the quantum computing pioneer, and Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company®, today announced plans to deploy a Diraq quantum computer at an Equinix data centre in Sydney, Australia. The deployment will be Australia’s first quantum computer to operate inside a commercial data centre, and the world’s first silicon spin quantum computer to run in a shared commercial facility, bringing quantum computing one step closer to large-scale commercial adoption.

The installed quantum computer will feature a silicon chip containing eight quantum bits (qubits), with all cryogenic cooling and control electronics self-contained. The complete system fits within Equinix’s existing data centre alongside standard servers, requiring minimal integration and drawing less than 20kW of power. Scaling to higher qubit counts requires only a chip replacement, with no changes to the surrounding infrastructure, making the system easily upgradable.

“Quantum computers are about to become as essential to data centres and computing infrastructure as data servers, CPUs and GPUs,” said Andrew Dzurak, Diraq Founder and CEO. “The data centre is where quantum computing goes mainstream, and that shift starts now. It’s a first, and the milestone is in the simplicity itself. Diraq’s quantum computers integrate into operational data centres like any other rack. That’s the advantage of Diraq’s silicon spin qubits: as we scale to millions of qubits, our system is deployable anywhere in the world, right next to the AI systems that are reshaping the global economy.”