Equinix Sydney Deployment by Diraq: status and timeline

Equinix Sydney Deployment

First production-scale system deploying at Equinix Sydney (Oct 2026). Eight-qubit silicon system in standard data center, <20 kW power. Modular design scales by chip replacement.

DeployStage 4 of 5

8-qubit system deploying at Equinix Sydney (Oct 2026); first in commercial data center.

Updated Sep 2026Checked 10 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · Equinix Sydney system deployment

Diraq founded at UNSW Sydney2022Complete.
Series A funding rounds (Feb-Jun 2024)Jun 2024Complete.
99% fidelity qubits demonstrated (imec/KU Leuven)Oct 2024Complete.
Equinix Sydney system deploymentTarget Oct 2026Current milestone.
Hybrid quantum-AI benchmarking with Equinix infrastructureTarget Q4 2026Not yet reached.
Enterprise partner access and testingTarget 2027Not yet reached.
Full quantum advantage demonstrationTarget 2029Not yet reached.

Most important updates

Upcoming

Oct 2026Equinix Sydney system deployment (next)
Q4 2026Hybrid quantum-AI benchmarking with Equinix infrastructure
2027Enterprise partner access and testing
2029Full quantum advantage demonstration

Current obstacles

Silicon coherence timeSpins decay within milliseconds; circuits must complete much faster, limiting depth.
Scaling control to 1M+ qubitsMiniaturized control and readout electronics; not yet demonstrated at scale.

Physics limits

Coherence window is millisecondsAlgorithms must complete before decoherence; limits circuit depth.
Local two-qubit gates onlyLong-range gates need mediator qubits; increases circuit overhead.

How it works

4 parts

Quantum dots

Confined electrons as qubits

Trapped electron spins in potential wells; gate electrodes control tunnel coupling.

Gates

Microwave resonance drives rotations

RF pulses at spin resonance drive single- and two-qubit gates via tunnel coupling.

Readout

Spin-to-charge conversion

Spin state modifies tunneling; charge sensors measure at >99.9% accuracy.

Integration

Data center compact design

Cryo and control integrated; minimal footprint; low power draw.

Spec sheet

Spec	Equinix Sydney Deployment
Equinix system qubits	8^R (reported)
Single-qubit gate fidelity	>99%^R (reported)
Two-qubit controlled-Z fidelity	>99%^R (reported)
State preparation and measurement	>99.9%^R (reported)
Total power consumption	<20 kW^R (reported)
Fabrication process	300mm CMOS foundry (imec/GlobalFoundries)^R (reported)
Cryogenic system integration	Self-contained, no external infrastructure^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Peer comparison

Silicon spin qubits peers

Spec	Equinix Sydney Deployment	Quantum Motion Full-Stack Silicon CMOS Quantum Computer
Single-qubit gate fidelity	>99%^R (reported)	>99%^R (reported)
State preparation and measurement	>99.9%^R (reported)	>99.9%^R (reported)

^R reported by the company

Papers & demos

1 item

Oct 2024paper
300mm silicon spin qubits exceed 99% fidelity (opens arxiv.org)Demonstrated >99% single-qubit, two-qubit, readout fidelities in foundry wafers; crosses error-correction threshold.

Update log

2 updates

Sep 2026

Major: Diraq and Equinix to deploy 8-qubit silicon spin quantum computer at Equinix Sydney; world's first in a shared commercial data centerPressHardware

Oct 2024

Major: Diraq/imec/KU Leuven demonstrate silicon spin qubits with >99% fidelity in commercial 300mm CMOS foundry processPaperResearch

About Diraq

The team behind Equinix Sydney Deployment

Diraq

Silicon spin quantum computers, CMOS fabrication, Australian startup

Australian startup spun out from UNSW Sydney (2022). Silicon spin qubits fabricated in standard CMOS foundries. Deploying world's first silicon spin system in commercial data center at Equinix Sydney, October 2026.

Deploying world's first silicon spin system in commercial data center (Equinix Sydney, Oct 2026); 8 qubits, <20 kW.
300mm industrial CMOS foundries achieve >99% fidelity on all operations (single-qubit, two-qubit, readout).
Modular design fits standard data center; scales by chip replacement; path to millions of qubits.

diraq.com (opens diraq.com)Company profile →

Founded: 20224 yrs
Headquarters: Australia
Status: Private
Valuation: private
Raised: $57M4 rounds
Last round: NRFC Strategic Equity Investment · $20MFeb 2026
Works in: QuantumSilicon spin qubits
Coverage: 1 program · 2 updateslatest 1 Sep 2026checked 10 Oct
Lead investors: National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (Australia)ICM Global FundsMorgan Creek DigitalQuantonation
Customers: Equinix (opens equinix.com)
Partners: UNSW Sydney (opens unsw.edu.au)imec (opens imec.be)KU Leuven (opens kuleuven.be)
People: Andrew Dzurak (opens unsw.edu.au)Founder and CEO

Spec

Equinix Sydney Deployment

Equinix system qubits

8^R (reported)

Single-qubit gate fidelity

>99%^R (reported)

Two-qubit controlled-Z fidelity

>99%^R (reported)

State preparation and measurement

>99.9%^R (reported)

Total power consumption

<20 kW^R (reported)

Fabrication process

300mm CMOS foundry (imec/GlobalFoundries)^R (reported)

Cryogenic system integration

Self-contained, no external infrastructure^R (reported)

Spec

Equinix Sydney Deployment

Quantum Motion Full-Stack Silicon CMOS Quantum Computer

Single-qubit gate fidelity

>99%^R (reported)

State preparation and measurement

>99.9%^R (reported)