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IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a tracked AI data center campus in Troy, New York, USA. First IBM Quantum System One installed on a university campus, unveiled April 5, 2024 after an October 2023 ceremonial groundbreaking, housed in RPI's Voorhees Computing Center (a former campus chapel) at 110 Eighth Stre

Energized · IBM · university · NYISO · Troy, New York, USA

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IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute capacity claims
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Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

IBM

Developer

Troy, New York, USA

Location

NYISO

Grid

university

Land

Reported facts

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

Significance
First IBM Quantum System One on a university campus (Apr 2024)
Investment
$150M+
QPU
IBM Eagle 127-qubit
Location
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Ecosystem
Hudson Valley quantum corridor with IBM Poughkeepsie
Host building
Voorhees Computing Center, a converted former chapel on the RPI campus
Groundbreaking
October 13, 2023 (ceremonial), unveiled operational April 5, 2024
Processor
127-qubit IBM Quantum Eagle QPU (Falcon-family superconducting transmon)
Cryogenics
Dilution refrigerator, QPU held near 15 mK inside the System One enclosure
Anchor donor
Curtis R. Priem '82 (Nvidia co-founder, RPI board vice chair) philanthropic gift underwrote the Priem Quantum Constellation
Program name
Curtis R. Priem Quantum Constellation (system + endowed faculty)
Regional partner
University at Albany and other New York state institutions get dedicated access
Adjacent HPC
Same campus hosts RPI's AiMOS IBM AI supercomputer (IBM Power / Summit-class)
First-of-kind
First IBM Quantum System One installed on a university campus worldwide

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The deal

operator
IBM

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
NYISO
Interconnection
Water
No process water cooling disclosed. IBM Quantum System One uses a closed-cycle dilution refrigerator (helium-3/helium-4) to hold the Eagle QPU near 15 millikelvin; heat rejection is via the building's HVAC, not evaporative water.

The New York (NYISO) grid demand right now: 20.8 GW (EIA-930, 2026-08-25 23:00).

County water status: No drought in Rensselaer 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

IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sits on university in Troy, New York, USA. It connects to the NYISO grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

IBM-RPI quantum system investment
$150M press release

Sources

42ad6ca6-eafc-41a4-8732-e33174d4b14d · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Troy, New York, USA. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
IBM is recorded as a party to IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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 IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?
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). IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/ibm-quantum-system-one-rpi-troy

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