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Bristol to become epicentre of global quantum revolution
From a big building next to Temple Meads, scientists will be researching some of the smallest elements known to mankind.
When the world’s first open access Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre (QTIC) at the University of Bristol’s new enterprise campus opens in 2021, it will focus on taking quantum research from the lab and into the commercial world.
By harnessing the power of matter and energy on the atomic and subatomic level, experts hope to revolutionise technology by making it faster, smaller, more secure and more useful for a wide variety of applications.
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The £43m QTIC has been funded by £15m from the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership, £21m from businesses including Airbus (who are looking to develop applications in the area of satellite communications secured with quantum physics) and £7m from the University of Bristol.
More than 200 researchers at the university will work in partnership with companies to develop the prototypes of tomorrow, with the centre also offering specialist incubation facilities for businesses to create new products and services.
University bosses estimate that in its first 10 years, the QTIC will lead to 9,000 new jobs and generate almost £300m for the economy.
The centre will enable the design, development and prototyping of quantum devices for secure communications, new sensors, simulators and ultra-powerful computers, with these new technologies used in defence, finance, aerospace, energy and computing in ways that cannot yet be predicted.
QTIC programme manager Mustafa Rampuri said: “It’s an ideal time to take these technologies out of the lab and engineer them into commercial products and services, ensuring that the UK and Bristol region is the epicentre of a global quantum revolution.”
University vice-chancellor professor Hugh Brady added: “The new Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre embodies our vision for the new campus – a place where we will be working with partners, large and small, to co-create new technologies and bring exciting new ideas to fruition, while building a talent pipeline of graduates who embrace social responsibility as well as opportunity.”
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