Archive: https://archive.today/8P3fU From the post: >>After decades as an emerging technology, quantum computing is moving rapidly toward commercialization. And in doing so, it is increasingly coming full circle back to Boulder, where some of the earliest breakthroughs were made. IonQ, the largest independent player in quantum computing, has chosen Boulder as the site of a new research and development facility, joining Google Quantum AI, which made a similar move in March. “This is a big bet for us,” said IonQ chairman and CEO Niccolo de Masi, during a ceremony on Tuesday to unveil a 22,000 square feet lab at Boulder 38, which is at the intersection of 38th Street and Arapahoe Avenue.