Overview
- Gov. Maura Healey and MIT announced on Thursday, May 28, 2026, that the Commonwealth will provide up to $25 million in matching funds to help establish the Quantum Systems Laboratory at MIT’s Building 39.
- The QSL will be a shared regional facility that brings together quantum computers, quantum sensors and peripherals linked by quantum interconnects, the physical channels that move quantum information between devices.
- MIT says the state match and existing federal awards put it in position to begin construction as early as this summer and that the project will create immediate construction and supply‑chain jobs plus roughly 220 permanent on‑site roles when open.
- The $25 million comes from the Commonwealth Federal Match and Debt Reduction Fund to match a portion of federal funding for MIT’s quantum work and is supplemented by MIT’s own funds and philanthropic support.
- Lawmakers are separately considering H 5436 to create a Massachusetts Quantum Center, an investment fund and tax incentives to attract firms, a move framed as part of a broader competition with other states that have made large quantum investments and follows MIT’s prior shared‑facility model such as MIT.nano.