Quantum-AI took another step forward as OQC and Digital Realty entered a partnership with NVIDIA to integrate superconducting quantum computers and AI supercomputing under one roof, creating a Quantum-AI data center.
As part of this deployment, OQC’s GENESIS quantum computer will integrate NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchips to become the first-ever quantum computing system deployed in New York City. OQC plans to integrate its quantum hardware with NVIDIA accelerated computing to support the scalability of future systems.
Embedded within Digital Realty’s global data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®, OQC is delivering interconnected Quantum-AI infrastructure.
“This Quantum-AI data center demonstrates how quantum can drive the AI revolution – securely, practically, and at scale – while strengthening the UK-US technology alliance,” said Gerald Mullally, CEO of OQC.
Hybrid quantum-AI focus
The system features OQC GENESIS, a logical-era quantum computer, installed within Digital Realty’s secure JFK10 site.
OQC expects that future GENESIS systems will ship with NVIDIA accelerated computing as standard, building on its earlier collaboration integrating the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform and providing developers seamless tools to build hybrid quantum-AI applications.
“Digital Realty’s mission has always been to enable the world’s most innovative technologies by providing secure, interconnected infrastructure at a global scale,” said Andy Power, President and CEO of Digital Realty. “By working with OQC, we’re using NVIDIA supercomputing to make Quantum-AI directly accessible in one of the world’s most important data hubs – empowering enterprises and governments to unlock new levels of performance and resilience.”
Wide application impact
By integrating quantum computing with NVIDIA AI supercomputing inside a secure enterprise-grade data center, OQC and Digital Realty are creating a platform that could be valuable to key sectors:
- Finance: The platform could provide more accurate risk modelling, portfolio optimization, fraud detection, and derivatives pricing, delivering a competitive advantage in the world’s most data-intensive markets.
- Security: Advanced material simulation, logistics optimization, and decision-making under uncertainty, strengthening resilience in mission-critical domains.
- Quantum for AI: Quantum computing will unlock new opportunities for AI itself, from accelerating model training and efficient data generation to emerging quantum machine learning applications with transformative impact across industries.
“The UK-US technology alliance is vital to ensuring that powerful new capabilities like quantum computing protect our nations, improve our prosperity, and are developed securely and in line with democratic values,” said Sir Jeremy Fleming, OQC Board member and former Director of GCHQ. “This deployment combines British innovation and American infrastructure and brings NVIDIA’s AI leadership to deliver trusted computing power for the most critical applications.”
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