Naidu, Union minister Jitendra Singh to lay foundation for Amaravati Quantum Valley today

Vijayawada: chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, along with Union minister for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, will lay the foundation stone for the Quantum Valley at Uddandarayunipalem village in Thullur mandal of the Amaravati capital region on Saturday.The Quantum Valley project is being set up in collaboration with IBM, TCS and LT to bring India's first 133-qubit quantum computer to Amaravati. The facility is planned as a centre for research, innovation, manufacturing and skill development in areas such as quantum computing, quantum communications, quantum sensors, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defence, healthcare and finance.The project is expected to attract research institutions, investments from technology companies, expansion of the start-up ecosystem, skill training for youth and employment generation. Quantum technology is expected to support pharmaceutical research, disease diagnosis, weather forecasting, water usage and crop yield estimation, and strengthen the security of banking and digital transactions.The govt is planning to complete the Quantum Valley complex by Aug and install the quantum computer by Dec 2026. The Amaravati Quantum Valley is being positioned alongside global quantum centres in Boston, Singapore and Shanghai. Terming the foundation laying for AQV as a big day, Naidu said that "we are ready to move from positioning India as an IT leader in the late 1990s to superpositioning India as a quantum leader – right here in Amaravati".