Coming early 2026
Focused on innovating practical applications, EPB Quantum Computing℠ is scheduled for launch in early 2026. The new IonQ Forte Enterprise Quantum Computer will operate within the footprint of EPB Quantum NetworkⓇ. As a result, EPB Quantum Center will be the first commercial quantum computing and networking facility in the U.S. to offer commercial access to both a quantum computer and a quantum network.
Continuing EPB’s focus on lowering barriers to the development of quantum applications, companies and researchers will be able to buy quantum computing access time.
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The IonQ Forte Enterprise is the first generation of IonQ’s data center deployable quantum computers—a crucial step toward integrating quantum computing into hybrid compute environments. In addition to being IonQ’s highest performing quantum computer, the Forte Enterprise is designed for deployment in a rack-mounted computing environment. That opens the potential for both endless scalability and distributed quantum computing as quantum networking technology develops.
“Our commercial customers all recognize that in the next year, and the year following that, there are going to be tremendous advances in what quantum computing can bring to their problem-solving. We’re in the era of narrow commercial advantage. We’re moving to the era of broad quantum advantage.”
EPB Quantum Computing is your opportunity to access an actual quantum computer—not just a simulator—to develop and execute quantum algorithms that address real-world challenges. You can gain a competitive edge by exploring cutting-edge quantum methods and developing the expertise your organization needs for the Quantum Information Systems revolution.
EPB Quantum Computing allows you to avoid the high upfront costs of acquiring and maintaining a quantum computer—you only pay for the time you use.
“When EPB announced ‘The Gig,’ everyone was asking, 'What do you do with that much internet speed?
Since then, Gig-speed internet has served as a platform for innovation in opening up new opportunities for increased productivity, remote work, education, telehealth, entertainment and more.
EPB Quantum is our next step in opening up new vistas of possibility.”
Backed by EPB, a trusted infrastructure provider with more than 90 years of service excellence, EPB Quantum Computing is engineered as a resilient platform to support your most demanding needs.
We give you a first-mover advantage in applying quantum computing to your industry or area of research.
Looking to the future, EPB plans to use quantum computing to take the first steps toward benefiting local EPB customers.
Fully developing encryption using quantum mechanics to send secure and tamper-proof data transmission could help foil cyberattacks that would cripple infrastructure.
Quantum computers have the potential to better predict when electric system equipment may fail which would help EPB to enhance reliability for customers while getting the most use out of equipment to keep costs lower.
Quantum computing offers the opportunity to develop algorithms to improve load balancing, optimize electric system operations, and enhance outage prediction resulting in increased reliability and savings for customers.
Quantum technology opens new opportunities to explore the best utilization of unpredictable power generation (like wind and solar) in tandem with local energy storage.
Quantum computers can consider many paths simultaneously which could dramatically improve truck routing to reduce travel times, making EPB more responsive to customers while improving operational efficiency.
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