Gov. Pritzker strengthens quantum computing partnership with IBM to benefit City Colleges students

Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan to build the nation’s “most robust quantum eco-system” in South Chicago took a quantum leap forward Wednesday, thanks to a stronger partnership with anchor tenant IBM aimed at ensuring that “everyone benefits” from the quantum computing revolution.

Sixteen months after IBM became the first Fortune 500 company to join the planned Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on the South Side, IBM agreed to open a new FutureNow Chicago delivery center at the park that will create 750 new full-time jobs.

The groundbreaking investment includes IBM’s commitment to hire one-third of the qualified graduates from a new apprenticeship program that will be created at the City Colleges of Chicago.

Pritzker announced the new partnership at Olive Harvey College, one of the seven City Colleges whose students and future enrollees stand to benefit…