CHICAGO — The French quantum computing firm Pasqal announced Thursday it will establish its first U.S. headquarters at Chicago’s emerging quantum research park.

Pasqal plans to invest $65 million into the new facility, which will house one of its quantum computers, and create at least 50 new full-time jobs. The company said the new computer will be the most powerful in the world by the time it is completed.

The firm, co-founded in 2019 by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alain Aspect, is the latest tenant to join the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, based on Chicago’s Southeast Side. That facility is expected to open in 2027.

The park is located at the former U.S. Steel South Works site on the city’s far southeast side. The location has been vacant for over 30 years since its cl

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