Quantinuum to open R&D center in New Mexico

BROOMFIELD — Quantinuum LLC, a Broomfield-based quantum-computing company, plans to open a new research-and-development center in New Mexico.

The site will support the company’s efforts to advance photonics technologies that will further Quantinuum’s product development, according to a press release. 

Quantinuum is developing quantum-computing software applicable to industries such as pharmaceuticals, cybersecurity, materials science, specialty chemicals and agrochemicals. The company was formed several years ago with the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions, formerly a division within the parent company, with U.K.-based Cambridge Quantum Computing.

In July 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration designated Colorado and New Mexico as leading hubs for quantum information technology.

“I am thrilled to welcome Quantinuum to New Mexico, launching a new industry for our state that builds on our proud foundation of innovation,” New Mexico governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a prepared statement. “No state is better positioned to transform the momentum of the quantum computing industry into major economic and entrepreneurial growth, and Quantinuum will be a groundbreaking partner in that work.

“Together we will leverage New Mexico’s assets, including the groundbreaking work being done at our national laboratories and the nation’s best quantum scientists being educated at our universities, to invest in and grow the state’s quantum technologies industry, creating career opportunities for New Mexicans and continuing to build the technology of the future.”

Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, president and CEO of Quantinuum, said, “As the established leader in quantum computing, Quantinuum has found an ideal partner in New Mexico. The state’s dynamic technology ecosystem and highly skilled workforce align perfectly with our strategic goals.”

The R&D center is expected to open later this year, but an exact location was not disclosed.

Quantinuum has a history of collaboration with experts from the national laboratories in New Mexico, such as Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, and universities, such as The University of New Mexico, in showcasing the performance of the company’s trapped ion quantum computing hardware, the company said in a press release.

Quantinuum employs more than 550 people, including more than 370 scientists and engineers.

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