The UK’s decision to inject more than £500m ($687m) into quantum computing over the next four years could open new opportunities for the industrial gas sector, particularly in cryogenics and high-purity gas supply.
As the government aims to build sovereign capability in quantum hardware, suppliers of liquid helium, nitrogen, and other specialist gases may find growing demand from labs, start-ups and quantum infrastructure projects.
To understand where these opportunities might lie, it’s worth looking at the specific demands of quantum computing and the role played by cryogenics and ultra-high-purity gases.
Liquid helium is used to keep quantum computers at temperatures near absolute zero, or −273.15°C. This is not because the computers generate a lot of heat themselves, but because their qubits – the basic units of quantum information – need extreme cooling to maintain coherence and avoid interference.
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