Melbourne is leading global innovation with a new facility transforming lab-grown diamonds into quantum computing technology.
Melbourne has opened the world’s first commercial quantum diamond foundry at Co-Labs in Notting Hill. Quantum Brilliance’s new facility represents a major leap forward for Victoria’s quantum technology sector, backed by investments from both the federal and state governments.
Victorian Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs Danny Pearson officially opened the cutting-edge manufacturing facility today, where lab-grown diamonds are built into computer circuits to boost computing power. These diamond-based technologies make quantum devices smaller, portable and able to work at room temperature; a significant advancement over traditional quantum systems.
Melbourne quantum diamond foundry
- Now open at Co-Labs, Notting Hill
- Supported by $18 million from Breakthrough Victoria
- Additional $13 million from National Reconstruction Fund
- Further support from Made in Victoria: Industry R&D Infrastructure Fund
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Quantum Brilliance received an initial $8 million investment from the Victorian government through Breakthrough Victoria, followed by a further $10 million, plus additional support from the Made in Victoria: Industry R&D Infrastructure Fund. Federal backing came through the National Reconstruction Fund’s $13 million investment, boosting sovereign manufacturing capability to produce these diamonds locally and ethically.
Quantum technology delivers ‘unprecedented’ advances in computing and sensing, going beyond what today’s traditional systems can achieve. This next generation capability will speed up discoveries in medical treatments, drug development and testing.
CSIRO modelling found that Australia’s quantum technology industry could be worth nearly $6 billion and employ 19,400 people by 2045.
Chief Technology Officer Dr Marcus Doherty explains the foundry’s mission centres on unlocking the potential of diamond-based quantum technologies by supplying high-performance quantum diamond at scale and accelerating the design and fabrication of quantum diamond devices.
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