Quantum computers show promise to power up real estate demand
Today’s quantum facilities resemble laboratories, and it remains to be seen how quantum computing facilities will be designed and function in the long term, said JT Jacobs, principal and data center lead for architecture firm Corgan.
“If it’s anything like the other rounds of technology development that we’ve seen in the industry, I suspect in the beginning you’ll see limited implications in real estate,” Jacobs said. “As applications for quantum grow, that’s when you’ll see it explode.”
He compared it with artificial intelligence applications that just a few years ago gobbled up relatively little cloud storage — but now account for a huge share of overall data center storage capacity.
“I think we’ll see a similar trajectory for quantum computing,” Jacobs said.
