Illinois’ latest push to land a federal semiconductor technology center is just one cog in a strategic plan by state leaders to build up the state’s innovation economy — and turbocharge scientific discoveries — for decades to come.
The Chicago region and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were recently named by the U.S. Department of Commerce as two of 31 inaugural tech hubs for quantum technologies — a designation opening the door to as much as $75 million in potential federal funding and further solidifying Illinois as a quantum leader.
