New Mexico to invest $315 million in quantum computing drive


FILE PHOTO: New Mexico's Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 20, 2024. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer/File Photo

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -New Mexico, site of the world's first atomic bomb tests, on Tuesday plans to invest $315 million in a bid to becomea leader in another potentially era-defining technology: quantum computing.

Quantum computing, which leverages the behavior of matter and energy at the atomic and sub-atomic scale, holds the promise of solving in minutes some problems that would take conventional computers thousands of years.

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