Diraq and Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) announced plans to deploy a silicon spin quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney, Australia, with installation expected to be completed in October 2026.

According to a press release from the two companies, the deployment is described as the first silicon spin quantum computer to operate in a shared commercial data center. The system features an eight-qubit silicon chip with self-contained cryogenic cooling and control electronics, drawing less than 20 kilowatts of power and fitting within existing data center infrastructure alongside standard servers.

The system is designed so that scaling to higher qubit counts requires only a chip replacement, with no changes to surrounding infrastructure. Diraq states its qubits are manufactured using the same semiconductor fabrication processes used to produce chips found in consumer devices.

"The data center is where quantum computing goes mainstream, and that shift starts now," said Andrew Dzurak, Diraq Founder and CEO. "Diraq's quantum computers integrate into operational data centers like any other rack."

The collaboration between Diraq and Equinix is intended to evaluate the system's performance in a live commercial data center environment, test integration with classical computing infrastructure, and explore hybrid quantum-classical computing applications. Once testing is complete, Diraq plans to offer industry partners and customers the opportunity to explore potential applications at the Sydney facility.

Jarrod Nink, Managing Director for Australia at Equinix, said the collaboration aims to "demonstrate how quantum computing can be securely deployed alongside AI, cloud and high-performance computing environments."

Diraq, headquartered in Sydney with additional operations in Palo Alto, Chicago, and Los Angeles, counts NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, GlobalFoundries, and imec among its partners. The company is also among 11 firms selected for Stage B of DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative.