Massachusetts will contribute $25 million to help MIT build a new quantum computing lab, as the state seeks to nurture a research and business ecosystem in one of the hottest emerging areas in tech. The Boston area is already a leading hub of academic research into quantum computing, which could revolutionize the tech industry by using atomic or subatomic particles to solve vastly more complicated problems than the silicon transistors in traditional computers. The efforts attracted AI chip giant Nvidia to open a quantum research center here last year and led to the founding of several startups in the field, including QuEra and Atlantic Computing, which was acquired by Google last year. “This is an opportunity, quantum, to really put a stake in the ground and become the global hub for quantum research, and all that comes from that,” Governor Maura Healey said on Thursday after she announced the investment at a monthly MIT board meeting on the school’s Cambridge campus. The new MIT facility, called the Quantum Systems Laboratory, will include early versions of quantum computers, along with compatible sensors and other hardware. After construction is finished, expected by the end of 2027, the facility will provide about 220 permanent jobs and be open to researchers from other schools and the private sector. The state’s investment will come out of a fund Healey approved in 2024 to match federal grants. MIT said it would use another $25 million of federal money plus an undisclosed amount of its own and donated funds to build the lab. Despite the state’s investment in the MIT lab and a few other quantum-related projects, the effort pales in comparison to a $500 million quantum computing center that the state of Illinois is funding on a 128-acre campus in Chicago. (Illinois also won $140 million