Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Karnataka Approves India’s First Quantum City in Hessarghatta, Bengaluru

The land sanction marks the first buildout in Karnataka’s plan to grow a $20 billion quantum economy by 2035.

Overview

  • The state has cleared 6.17 acres for the Quantum City, with formal approval dated September 3 and the announcement made by Science and Technology Minister N. S. Boseraju.
  • Plans call for shared laboratories, startup incubators, and spaces for industry–academia collaboration alongside production clusters for quantum hardware and processors.
  • R&D activity is slated to link with high‑performance quantum computing data centres as the hub develops.
  • Initial implementation will focus on setting up laboratories and incubation facilities before broader ecosystem buildout.
  • Separately, Karnataka sanctioned eight acres for ICTS‑TIFR to expand theoretical science research in Bengaluru.