New Reuters documentary explores Diraq’s path to commercial-scale quantum computing
Global Sustainability & Transformation Insights film examines how Diraq is designing compact, economical quantum computers that can be deployed at scale to spread the benefits of quantum computing to society.
A new documentary produced by ACUMEN for Reuters’ Global Sustainability & Transformation Insights initiative explores how quantum computing pioneer Diraq is designing and deploying quantum computers for the computing infrastructure businesses are using today. The film follows Diraq’s path toward commercial-scale quantum computing and examines how its silicon-based approach could make quantum systems more economical, compact and widely deployable.
From developing new medicines and lighter materials to predicting climate change and optimizing logistics, quantum computers could help solve problems too complex for today's computers. Doing so will require millions of quantum bits, known as qubits, making scale not just a scientific challenge but an industrial one.
In 2026, Diraq deployed a quantum computer inside an Equinix data center in Australia, the world's first silicon spin quantum computer to run inside a shared commercial data center, bringing the company one step closer to that goal. Diraq's quantum computer fits alongside standard servers and draws less than 20kW of power. As Diraq scales the system, its architecture is designed to allow increasing qubit capacity through chip upgrades while keeping the surrounding infrastructure and footprint largely unchanged. The deployment will demonstrate how Diraq’s quantum computer performs and operates alongside classical compute and AI, and offers customers the opportunity to see quantum computing in action in today’s computing infrastructure.
"The promise of quantum computing is extraordinary. Quantum computing could help us cure diseases we can't treat today, store clean energy more cheaply and feed more people with less damage to the planet. That promise only becomes real if quantum computers are built at scale and made accessible to the people solving those problems," said Andrew Dzurak, CEO and Founder of Diraq.
Building quantum computers at semiconductor scale
Diraq’s pioneering technology turns transistors into qubits. Its proprietary silicon spin qubits are made using the same semiconductor manufacturing processes as the chips inside today's phones and laptops, enabling far more qubits to be packed onto a single chip without custom manufacturing. In 2025, Diraq reported the first qubits made entirely in a commercial foundry on standard 300mm wafers, with the result published in Nature.
Diraq's roadmap targets utility scale, the point at which a quantum computer can solve problems that deliver more value than the machine costs to build and run, by 2031, with more than two million physical qubits on a single chip.
Progress independently benchmarked by DARPA
Diraq is one of six companies worldwide selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance to the final stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, the world’s most rigorous program evaluating utility-scale quantum computing, and the only company at this stage pursuing a silicon CMOS spin-qubit architecture. The wider field is moving in the same direction: silicon spin qubits are now being pursued by a number of ventures and the world’s largest technology companies alike, reflecting confidence in semiconductor manufacturing as the most practical route to scale.
That momentum is the backdrop for the new documentary, which traces Diraq's journey from laboratory research toward commercial-scale quantum computing and explores why building on existing semiconductor manufacturing could offer a practical route to getting there.
The film is part of the Global Sustainability & Transformation Insights (GSTI) initiative, which aims to help businesses and business leaders navigate the complexities of trade, change and adaptation. The initiative is fostering sustainable practices that balance economic growth with environmental stewardship, social equity and ethical governance. Diraq was invited to represent the quantum computing and technology segment in the series, one of 35 documentaries covering industries across the modern world, from technology, hospitality and healthcare to fashion and construction.
Watch the film here.
Read more about Diraq on the Reuters website.
