Quantum computing is having a moment as the pace of startup activity, innovation, and funding deals heats up. Commercialized quantum computers and applications are a decade or more away, experts estimate. Yet it’s not too early for technology and business leaders to track quantum as it evolves from a novelty into a critical asset for solving industry’s and society’s toughest problems. Quantum is early in its trajectory, considering that it took classical computing nearly a century to progress from the vacuum tubes of 1906 to the superchips powering AI and high-performance computing today, said William Oliver, director of the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering. In a presentation for MIT Data Center Day, organized by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program, Oliver made the case that quantum computing is actively transitioning from a scientific curiosity to a technical reality — an indicator that it’s high time for organizations to dive in.

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