By Kevin Hendricks
New Mexico college students chasing quantum computing careers may soon find internships and research jobs closer to home. Tokyo-based Fujitsu, one of the world’s largest tech companies, will set up a quantum computing research center in the state, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Thursday.
The center will work on quantum hardware, software, algorithms and theory, and run education and workforce programs, according to the governor’s office. The announcement did not say where the center will go, how many jobs it will create or how much Fujitsu will invest.
The deal proves “our bet on quantum is paying off,” Lujan Grisham said.
The partnership came out of the governor’s trade missions to Japan. It expands a 2025 agreement between Fujitsu and New Mexico State University built around the company’s FUJITSU-MONAKA processor. Fujitsu will also team with the University of New Mexico’s Quantum New Mexico Institute on algorithm, application and systems research.
Fujitsu CTO Vivek Mahajan said the center will aim for new algorithms in chemistry, materials science and advanced energy.
Fujitsu joins a crowded quantum neighborhood. The Roadrunner Quantum Lab, a 35,000-square-foot shared research facility in Albuquerque, launched last month, with Sandia and Los Alamos national labs among its first tenants. The state has committed more than $450 million to quantum infrastructure since 2019, the governor’s office said.
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