OQC, Digital Realty and NVIDIA open first Quantum-AI data center in NYC
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) and Digital Realty have teamed up with NVIDIA to launch the first Quantum-AI data center in New York City. The facility, located at Digital Realty’s JFK10 site, combines OQC’s superconducting quantum computers with NVIDIA’s GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips.
This development marks an important milestone in the convergence of quantum computing and AI — two technologies that are expected to shape future enterprise workloads across finance, defense, and high-performance computing. Moreover, the collaboration demonstrates how quantum and AI are moving from research into practical, enterprise-grade deployments.
Quantum meets AI under one roof
The new data center is powered by OQC’s GENESIS quantum computer, which integrates with NVIDIA’s Grace Hopper platform to enable hybrid workloads. It marks the first deployment of a quantum system inside a New York City data center. OQC also expects that future GENESIS systems will come with NVIDIA accelerated computing as standard, expanding on earlier work with NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q software platform.
“This Quantum-AI Data Center demonstrates how quantum can drive the AI revolution – securely, practically, and at scale – while strengthening the UK–US technology alliance,” said Gerald Mullally, CEO of OQC. “Leveraging Digital Realty’s infrastructure and NVIDIA supercomputing, we are redefining enterprise computing for finance and security.”
Digital Realty sees the collaboration as part of its long-term strategy to host next-generation computing. “By working with OQC, we’re using NVIDIA supercomputing to make Quantum-AI directly accessible in one of the world’s most important data hubs – empowering enterprises and governments to unlock new levels of performance and resilience,” added Andy Power, President & CEO of Digital Realty.
Applications from Wall Street to security
OQC and Digital Realty are targeting industries where both quantum computing and AI can deliver immediate value. For example, financial institutions could benefit from faster and more accurate risk modeling, portfolio optimization, and fraud detection. In security and defense, quantum-enhanced simulations and logistics optimization could improve decision-making under uncertainty.
Quantum technology may also accelerate AI development itself, enabling faster model training, efficient data generation, and new approaches in quantum machine learning. “This milestone shows the strength of a British tech leader scaling globally through international collaboration,” said Jack Boyer, Chair of OQC.
The UK government also sees the move as part of a bigger picture. “Quantum computing could transform everything – from speeding up drug discovery to supercharging clean energy so we can cut bills,” said Science Minister Patrick Vallance. “The economic prize is enormous, with £212 billion expected to flow into the UK economy by 2045 and tens of thousands of high-skilled jobs on offer.”
Roadmap and global rollout
OQC is currently the only quantum company with live systems in colocated data centers. With deployments already in London and Tokyo, the New York installation extends its global footprint. The company’s dual-rail Dimon qubit technology reduces error rates and lowers the hardware burden for error correction, a critical step toward scalable fault-tolerant quantum systems
Working closely with Digital Realty, OQC is aiming to deliver commercially viable quantum-AI systems with near-term applications in finance, defense, and AI. The New York launch underscores the UK–US Tech Trade Partnership, highlighting how British innovation, US infrastructure, and NVIDIA’s AI expertise are coming together to bring quantum-AI to enterprise scale.
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