Nvidia is building a Boston-based research center where it will partner with researchers from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to advance the field of quantum computing with AI.
The so-called Nvidia Accelerated Quantum Research Center (NVAQC) will “integrate leading quantum hardware with AI supercomputers, enabling what is known as accelerated quantum supercomputing,” Nvidia says. It opens later this year.
While it remains to be seen what comes out of this partnership, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang pointed to “drug discovery” and “materials development” as initial focuses. But that could take time. Huang said in January that quantum computers won’t be “very useful” for another 20 years or so.
Nvidia invites “commercial partners” to use the facility in addition to academics. All are searching for breakthroughs that will make large-scale, accelerated quantum supercomputers a reality.
Power cords on the back of a Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack-scale system, on display at CES 2025 (Credit: Emily Forlini)
The center will run on Nvidia’s latest GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systems. With a lot of power in a small space, these systems could “accelerate the adoption of AI algorithms in quantum computing research” and start to solve some of quantum computing’s most challenging problems.
“The NVAQC is a very special addition to the unique Boston area quantum ecosystem,” says Mikhail Lukin, co-director of Harvard Quantum Initiative in Science and Engineering (HQI). “[It] has the potential to advance the research in areas ranging from quantum error correction to applications of quantum computing systems, accelerating quantum computing research and pulling useful quantum computing closer to reality.”
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Nvidia is also hosting its first Quantum Day at its GTC 2025 conference this week, calling it “one of the most exciting areas in computer science.” It will bring together industry experts “seeking to chart a course into the future of quantum computing.”
The wider tech industry is also working to make quantum computing a reality. Amazon revealed a new quantum computing chip in February 2025, called Ocelot, and Google revealed its quantum chip, Willow, in December 2024. Last month, Microsoft touted its quantum breakthrough, although some physicists have doubted its validity.
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