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IonQ Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory Boulder
IonQ Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory Boulder is a tracked AI data center campus in Boulder, Colorado, USA. IonQ's Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory is a 22,000 sqft, two-floor leased suite at 1685 38th Street in Breakthrough Properties' Boulder 38 innovation campus, opened with a ribbon-cutting on May 12, 2026 attended by Gover
Energized · IonQ · leased · other · Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Key facts
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- Size
- 22,000 sqft
- Focus
- Semiconductor ion trap chip design and testing
- Location
- Boulder, Colorado (quantum tech hub)
- Address
- 1685 38th Street, Boulder, CO (Boulder 38 innovation campus)
- Opened
- Ribbon-cutting May 12, 2026
- Landlord
- Breakthrough Properties (Boulder 38 campus)
- Layout
- 22,000 sqft across two floors
- Technology
- Trapped-ion quantum computing; semiconductor ion-trap chip design and testing
- First system
- First quantum computer scheduled for installation later in 2026
- Lab lead
- David Allcock, VP of Science
- Executive presence
- CEO Niccolo de Masi and President of Quantum Computing Chris Ballance attended opening
- Colorado footprint
- Complements IonQ's Louisville (Space Missions) and Broomfield (Optical Communications) sites
- Ecosystem
- Part of the federally designated Elevate Quantum Tech Hub (CHIPS Regional Tech Hub)
- Jobs
- Dozens of new quantum scientist, systems engineer, and operations roles planned
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- Announced capex
- $15M
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The deal
- operator
- IonQ
Power
- Power source
- grid
- Grid operator
- other
- Interconnection
- Water
- Trapped-ion quantum systems use cryogenic ion-trap chambers (helium-based cryogenics), not process water cooling. No disclosed water withdrawals.
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
IonQ Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory Boulder 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
- IonQ Boulder R&D lab (22,000 sqft)
- $15M news
Sources
- IonQ Establishes Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory in Boulder
- IonQ Opens New Quantum Computing R&D Lab in Boulder · IonQ Newsroom
- IonQ opens Boulder quantum research lab · Axios Boulder
- IonQ Opens New Quantum Computing R&D Lab in Boulder · Colorado Governor's Office
- IonQ opens quantum computing research lab in Boulder · ColoradoBiz
- IonQ opens quantum computing research lab in Boulder · Breakthrough Properties
- IonQ Opens New Quantum Computing R&D Lab in Boulder · Colorado Office of Economic Development
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DEPLOY. (2026). IonQ Advanced Quantum R&D Laboratory Boulder: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/ionq-quantum-rd-lab-boulder
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