Can quantum computers solve AI’s sustainability problem?

In January 2025, stocks for quantum computing companies across the board tumbled when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicted it would be another 30 years before we saw a “very useful” quantum computer.

Now, less than two years later, IonQ has announced a new partnership to deploy Nvidia’s first-ever quantum computer.

In a quantum computer, a qubit – the quantum equivalent of a classical computing bit – can be both, because of a quantum property known as superposition.

Those efficiencies will become especially consequential if quantum computers remove the limits on computing power presented by physical infrastructure.

“Many of these future game-changing applications won’t be feasible on classical computers,” Neven wrote.