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PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP

PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP is a tracked AI data center campus in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Anchor tenant of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) on the 440-acre Quantum Shore Chicago master plan at the former U.S. Steel South Works site, developed by Related Midwest and Clayco affiliate CRG wi

Under construction · PsiQuantum · leased · PJM · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Capacity: announced vs energized

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PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP capacity claims
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Key facts

under construction

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

PsiQuantum

Developer

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Location

PJM

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.

Significance
America's first million-qubit fault-tolerant quantum computer
Groundbreaking
September 30, 2025
Site
Former U.S. Steel South Works site, Chicago
Funding
$1B+ Series E (Sept 2025)
Builder
Clayco/CRG/LJC
Anchor tenant
IQMP (Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park)
Total funding
$2.32B across 8 rounds
Valuation
$7B (Series E, Sept 2025)
Founded
2016 by Jeremy O'Brien, Terry Rudolph, Pete Shadbolt, Mark Thompson
PsiQuantum footprint
Quantum Computer Operations Center of 300,000+ sq ft on the IQMP anchor parcel
IQMP campus size
128 acres available for immediate development plus ~300 acres reserved for expansion, inside the 440-acre Quantum Shore Chicago master plan
Serving utility
ComEd (Exelon), PJM interconnection; ComEd is the named grid partner for the IQMP
Cooling architecture
Cuboid cryogenic racks fed by industrial helium cryoplants at 2 to 4 K (PsiQuantum PsiCube), not dilution refrigerators
Qubit modality
Photonic (single-photon) qubits on the Omega chipset, fabricated by GlobalFoundries on 300 mm silicon wafers
Target scale
1,000,000+ physical qubits, fault-tolerant (first US utility-scale quantum computer)
Master developer
Related Midwest and CRG (Clayco affiliate); Clayco is the general contractor
State commitment
$500M Illinois investment in IQMP, on top of prior $200M for the Chicago Quantum Exchange
Announcement
PsiQuantum named IQMP anchor tenant July 25, 2024; groundbreaking September 30, 2025
DARPA role
Selected for DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage B; IQMP hosts DARPA-linked Quantum Proving Ground activity

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The deal

operator
PsiQuantum

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
PJM
Interconnection
Water
No conventional chilled-water cooling for the compute floor. PsiQuantum's photonic architecture uses liquid-helium cryoplants circulating coolant through a cryogenically cooled copper backplane at 2 to 4 K, replacing the chandelier-style dilution refrigerators used by superconducting qubit systems.

The PJM grid demand right now: 119.4 GW (EIA-930, 2026-08-25 22:00).

County water status: No drought in Cook 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

PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP sits on leased in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It connects to the PJM grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

PsiQuantum Chicago campus investment (Series E proceeds)
$1B press release

Sources

7c2bbbcb-a41c-4f8b-abfc-d788f808b927 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

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Common questions

What is PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP?
PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP?
PsiQuantum is recorded as a party to PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP is under construction. 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 PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP?
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). PsiQuantum Chicago Quantum Campus at IQMP: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/psiquantum-chicago-iqmp-quantum-campus

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