Chicago’s “Quantum Prairie” Promises New Era of Great Lakes Technology and Water Use

A digital rendering of the future Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park at the site of the former U.S. Steel South Works in Chicago’s Southeast Side. The first phase of the park will be 128-acres and house the nation’s first utility-first quantum computer. Source: Related Midwest
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Where the mouth of the Calumet River meets Lake Michigan on Chicago’s Southeast Side is an abandoned lakefront parcel where one of the world’s largest steel mills once operated. For over 100 years, U.S. Steel South Works provided jobs to over 20,000 Chicagoans at its peak and served as one of the Windy City’s largest […]
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