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Diraq founder claims quantum could cut AI data centre energy use

ET Tech reports a founder’s claim that quantum computers could cut AI data centre energy use; no security flaw is described, so no action.

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No, the source describes no vulnerability, attack or exploitation

What happened

According to ET Tech, which carries an AFP interview, Diraq founder Andrew Dzurak claims that quantum computers could reduce the large energy demands of AI data centres. ET Tech: Quantum could solve AI energy drain, says tech founder These are the founder’s own statements and company estimates, and the article does not present independent verification of them.

The article says the Australian startup Diraq is running what it describes as the first field test worldwide of a small silicon-chip quantum computer in a commercial data centre, an Equinix site in Sydney. ET Tech According to ET Tech, the installed machine has eight qubits and draws less than 20 kilowatts. Dzurak says it will be ready to lift the energy burden in data centres within five years. ET Tech also reports Diraq’s plans to upgrade it to 150,000 qubits by 2029 and to reach a two-million-qubit system by 2031. These are company plans, not results.

ET Tech says Diraq is one of six companies at the third stage of the US DARPA quantum benchmarking initiative, which will test by 2033 whether a quantum computer can solve real problems at a cost that delivers value. Dzurak is quoted as saying the outcome depends on building cost-effective quantum computers.

Am I affected?

Not confirmed as relevant to any security risk. The source describes no CVE, flaw, incident, attacker or exploitation. It contains no affected software, versions or patches. The article is a report on energy use and quantum hardware plans. It says nothing about cryptography or security controls.

What to do now

  1. No security action is indicated by this source.
  2. Treat the energy-saving and timeline claims as the founder’s statements. ET Tech does not report independent confirmation of them.
  3. If you follow the topic, watch for results of the Sydney field test and the DARPA benchmarking. The source gives no dates for either beyond the 2033 deadline.

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