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Originally Posted by moorhosj1
Calling this a data farm is like calling Argonne a data farm. Part of the requirement is to house large amounts of data, but the value is in the output of the computer itself. The computer requires many highly-skilled experts to manage, operate, and maintain. Data farms don't run like that.
This is why IBM and another unnamed company have confirmed that are looking to locate a facility close to this one. That doesn't really happen with data farms that I've seen.
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Exactly! The best analogy on the impact a quantum hub will have is Fermilab during the Cold War, where thousands of physicists and engineers from across the world regularly passed through to advance nuclear physics and our understanding of the universe by building particle colliders and new theories of physics. A more modern example is NASA's JPL, where a lot of the cutting edge aerospace and planetary science is being done. Chicago and Los Angeles though mainly saw indirect benefits, since both sites are in isolating suburbs. If South Works is selected as a quantum hub, you're going to see thousands of physicists and engineers coming and going to South Chicago and Hyde Park over the next decade, many of whom will want to be living nearby.
The University of Chicago has repeatedly said over the years they want the South Side to become the Silicon Valley of quantum technology, and this is what they meant. This is also why there are projects in the works like Woodlawn Central and Chicago State University's 95th Street redevelopment plan, with even more under the wraps. You're going to see the South Side rapidly densify as many people and companies relocate here, and hopefully many Black Chicagoans who've left are able to move back and benefit from the revitalization.
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