For decades, the labs of Illinois and surrounding states have nurtured breakthroughs in nanotechnology, the life sciences and the internet itself. Time and again, the researchers behind those developments have gone elsewhere to commercialize their ideas. But business and political leaders in the region are determined to break that pattern by putting a bear hug around the next likely technological leap: quantum computing that leaves contemporary computers in the dust. If they are successful, the effort could create an updated model for economic development, in which regions are able to ride the ongoing waves of technological disruption. In Chicago, the development effort is focused on the future, rather than trying to catch up with established hubs such as Silicon Valley. With quantum, it is concentrating public and private resources on one opportunity, albeit a large one, rather than broader themes such as “technology” or “innovation.” And rather than starting from scratch or taking a hyperlocal focus, it is building on existing regional resources.

Full report : Chicago is Building a Industrial Park That Will in Time Become the Silicon Valley of Quantum Computing.