By Rafi Letzter
Publication Date: 2026-11-06 05:00:00
Key Takeaways:
- IBM has deployed an IBM Quantum System Two with an IBM Quantum Nighthawk r2 processor at the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park Labs to support the National Quantum Algorithm Center (NQAC) and the wider Illinois quantum ecosystem.
- IBM is an anchor partner of the NQAC in Chicago, which was created by the State of Illinois in concert with the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP). IQMP will be a quantum computing campus on the former US Steel South Works site on Chicago’s Southeast Side, and will eventually house the new computer and NQAC.
- The IBM Quantum System Two sits at street level behind floor-to-ceiling windows at Hyde Park Labs on 53rd Street. IQMP CEO Harley T. Johnson calls it “probably the most publicly visible quantum computer in the world.”
- The University of Illinois, University of Chicago, and other key research and business institutions in the region are already conducting important research that advances quantum computing as a technology,…
