IBM and the U.S. Department of Commerce are launching America’s first purpose-built quantum foundry. This will happen through a new company called Anderon. It is backed by a proposed $1 billion CHIPS incentive and IBM’s $1 billion investment. Located in Albany, New York, this initiative aims to enhance domestic quantum chip manufacturing. It will also strengthen U.S. leadership in the growing quantum computing field. The facility will be a 300-millimeter quantum wafer foundry. It will support different quantum hardware vendors. It will also boost production for superconducting qubit technologies and related electronics.
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The announcement reflects growing government and industry focus on building a secure U.S.-based quantum ecosystem as demand rises for advanced computing technologies with applications across national security, healthcare, financial modeling, and materials science. “With today’s CHIPS Research and Development investments in quantum computing, the Trump administration is leading the world into a new era of American innovation,” said Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. IBM Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna added, “With the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Anderon will be well-positioned to fuel America’s fast-growing quantum technology industry.”