The brief

Analyst view

• Interlune's CEO says a majority of the quantum industry relies on Bluefors fridges; over 1,800 systems delivered.
• KIDE (1,000+ qubits) went to IBM and Japan's AIST; a modular platform for far larger machines ships late 2026.
• Signed to buy up to 10,000 litres a year of lunar helium-3 from Interlune for 2028–2037.

Technical approach

As reported

Dilution cooling

Two kinds of helium, mixed

Helium-3 dissolving into helium-4 absorbs heat. Pumped round a closed loop, this holds a qubit chip at about 10 millikelvin for as long as needed.

Pulse tubes

Precooling without liquid helium

Electric pulse-tube cryocoolers, made by its Cryomech unit, cool everything to a few kelvin first, so no liquid-helium refills are needed.

Modular scale-out

Add modules, not bigger cans

The Modular Cryogenic Platform lets an operator start with one module and add more, moving wiring and chips independently of the cooling.