The hub is led by prominent Caltech faculty who also hold roles at AWS: AWS Quantum Computing Lab
In October 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Caltech officially opened the , a two-story, 21,000-square-foot facility located on the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California. This center is the university's first "corporate-partnership building" and serves as a dedicated hub for developing "fault-tolerant" quantum computers—machines capable of correcting their own errors to perform reliable, large-scale computations. Key Focus Areas and Research Goals The hub is led by prominent Caltech faculty
: The center focuses on building quantum processors using superconducting circuits, chosen for their potential to be manufactured repeatably using existing microelectronic fabrication techniques. : The ultimate goal is to move quantum
: The ultimate goal is to move quantum computing from experimental labs into the marketplace, impacting fields like medicine development, data security, and sustainability. Leadership and Academic Integration
: Research teams are exploring "Schrödinger-cat qubits" and other architectures designed to stabilize fragile quantum information against environmental noise.
: Amazon provides scholarships and internships to Caltech students and early-career scientists to foster the next generation of quantum researchers. Leadership and Academic Integration