CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday afternoon for the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.

It will be built along Chicago's far South Shore.

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The facility will occupy the site of Chicago's former U.S. Steel plant.

The groundbreaking is Tuesday afternoon near 81st Street and DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Supporters of the project say it will become a key technology center in the Midwest.

Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are expected to attend.

IBM is expected to anchor the quantum computing campus.

Officials say the multi-billion-dollar facility will be about 300-thousand-square-feet, and employ up to 150 people within five years.

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