Chicago's quantum leap into the future
Marketplace Tech
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🗓️ 2 July 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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AI is the buzzy tech of the moment. It's made plenty of money not only for companies but the cities and states where investment is pouring in. Illinois and specifically Chicago are betting that quantum computing will be the next major tech breakthrough to transform the economy. And they're trying to get in on the ground floor. So they’ve turned a former steel mill site into a tech hub, called the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, with the hope of attracting as much talent and investment as possible. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Jeanne Whalen, economics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, to learn more.
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| 1:12.5 | McCarty Carrino. |
| 1:23.1 | AI is the buzzy tech of the moment. It's made plenty of money not only for companies, |
| 1:29.4 | but the cities and states where investment is pouring in. Illinois, and specifically Chicago, |
| 1:36.6 | are betting that quantum computing will be the next major tech breakthrough to transform the economy, |
| 1:42.8 | and they're trying to get in on the ground floor. |
| 1:46.2 | To do that, they've turned a former steel mill site into a tech hub called the Illinois |
| 1:51.2 | Quantum and Microelectronics Park, with the hope of attracting as much talent and investment |
| 1:57.7 | as possible. Gene Whalen recently reported on this for the Wall Street Journal. |
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