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Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility

Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility is a tracked AI data center campus in Boulder, Colorado, USA. Atom Computing's Boulder site is a 17,000 sq ft R&D facility opened September 28, 2022, and it now houses the majority of the Berkeley-headquartered company's engineering staff and system-build work. It is where Atom dev

Energized · Atom Computing · leased · other · Boulder, Colorado, USA

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Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility capacity claims
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Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

Atom Computing

Developer

Boulder, Colorado, USA

Location

other

Grid

leased

Land

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Investment
$100M in Colorado quantum center
Technology
Neutral-atom quantum computing
Qubit count
1,000+ qubits
CEO
Rob Hays (former Intel executive)
Ecosystem
Colorado quantum tech hub ($40.5M federal grant)
Building size
17,000 sq ft R&D facility, Atom Computing's largest site
Opened
September 28, 2022
Prior system
100-qubit 'Phoenix' neutral-atom system (2021)
Modality
Optically-trapped neutral-atom nuclear-spin qubits; ~40-second coherence times
Gate fidelity
99.6% two-qubit gate fidelity (Microsoft/Atom 2024 result)
Logical qubits
24 entangled logical qubits demonstrated with Microsoft (Nov 2024); 28-logical-qubit Bernstein-Vazirani run with live error correction
Commercial system
Joint Microsoft-Atom on-premise machine supporting 50 logical qubits announced Jan 2025
Anchor partnership
Microsoft Azure Quantum co-development partner
Federal grant
$100M letter of intent from U.S. Dept. of Commerce (CHIPS/NIST) for Boulder quantum work
Series C
$100M Series C closed June 2026
Headcount
22 initial jobs at opening; majority of company R&D staff now Boulder-based

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The deal

operator
Atom Computing

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
other
Interconnection
Water
Neutral-atom quantum systems trap and cool ytterbium atoms with lasers rather than dilution refrigerators, so the facility has no significant process-water or cryogenic-water load; cooling needs are limited to conventional HVAC and laser/electronics chillers.

County water status: Extreme drought (D3) in Boulder County, week of 2026-08-18 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility sits on leased in Boulder, Colorado, USA. It connects to the other grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Atom Computing Colorado quantum center investment
$100M news

Sources

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Common questions

What is Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility?
Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility?
Atom Computing is recorded as a party to Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility is energized and operating. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). Atom Computing Boulder Quantum Facility: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/atom-computing-boulder-quantum-facility

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