George Mason Launches Virginia Quantum Hub

Insider Brief

• George Mason University is establishing the Virginia Quantum Hub to expand quantum research, workforce training, infrastructure and industry partnerships in Northern Virginia.
• The hub will include open-architecture quantum hardware and shared facilities, including a TreQ-designed quantum computer, cryogenic laboratory and quantum optics facility.
• George Mason has been approved for a GO Virginia grant, pending final award, to expand K–12 education, employer training, infrastructure, lab development and partnership programs.

PRESS RELEASE — “The Virginia Quantum Hub at George Mason positions the Commonwealth of Virginia at the forefront of this cutting-edge technology that will drive investment and economic opportunity in the decades to come,” said Governor Abigail Spanberger. “As home to the first open-architecture quantum computing system in the National Capital Region, this is exactly the kind of public–private partnership that keeps Virginia first. The collaboration among higher education, GO Virginia, the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), and many other critical public and private partners also represents game-changing capacity building for our innovation ecosystem.”