Building on initial work over the past year, the cluster will now further accelerate quantum innovation, scale emerging technologies, and aim to create over 1,000 high-value jobs and bring £1 billion in investment into the UK over the next decade.
Harwell’s proven cluster model and the work of the quantum companies already on site have successfully attracted over £250 million of private investment.
The Harwell Quantum Cluster will build on this and serve as the nation’s cornerstone for quantum collaboration and growth.
It will bring together government, academia, and industry to exploit the fundamental properties of nature, such as superposition, entanglement, and coherence, to perform tasks impossible with today’s classical systems.
Quantum technologies are expected to transform sectors such as:
- healthcare, by enabling quantum-enhanced imaging and molecular simulation for faster drug discovery
- energy and climate, by optimising energy grids, materials, and batteries for a sustainable future
- national security, by securing global communications through quantum encryption and sensing
- finance and logistics, by solving complex optimisation problems to enhance efficiency and resilience
The NQCC will serve as the cluster’s anchor facility, enabling:
- collaborative research and development
- ethical quantum development
- early access to quantum testbeds and computing platforms