Occam Foundry announced a letter of support from Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and a memorandum of understanding with UT Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center to develop a quantum technology commercialization campus that includes K–12 outreach, teacher training, and workforce programs.
The University of Texas at Austin, through the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), signed an MOU to collaborate on education, workforce programming, funding applications, and institutional introductions.
The effort positions Texas as a node in a distributed national quantum network while responding to federal timelines that set 2028 targets for scientific-scale quantum computers and 2030–2031 post-quantum cryptography deadlines.
# What happened
# What the campus will be The campus is planned for 16.5 acres in southeastern Travis County. Occam Foundry frames the site as a commercialization node that connects quantum technology work with Texas industries including energy, semiconductors, and defense.
# What the agreements cover The mayor's letter explicitly welcomes Occam Foundry's plan to open the campus to Austin-area public school teachers and students. The MOU with TACC sets out mutual support: Occam Foundry will back TACC's quantum education and workforce programs, and TACC will support the campus's development and make institutional introductions within UT Austin.
Planned collaboration items listed in the announcement:
# Why local support matters Austin city economic development staff are working with Occam Foundry on site readiness and permitting. Mayor Watson positioned the campus as supporting the Texas Quantum Initiative, which the Legislature created in 2025 under HB 4751. Watson said that Texas can build a quantum cluster around industries it already has rather than relying on a federal lab.
Dan Stanzione, Associate Vice President for Research at UT Austin and Executive Director of TACC, framed the MOU around workforce preparation: TACC aims to prepare workers for advanced computing today and the quantum-enabled advanced computing of the future.
# Timing and policy context The announcement calls attention to federal executive orders issued in June that include a 2028 target for a scientific-scale quantum computer and 2030–2031 deadlines for transitioning federal systems to post-quantum cryptography. The statement highlights that Texas currently hosts none of the research centers created under the National Quantum Initiative Act and positions Occam Foundry as a way to create a Texas-based node in a wider national network of quantum hubs.
# How the developer frames the campus Matt Cimaglia, Managing Member of Texas Quantum Partners, described the campus as a way to ensure the local workforce can grow into roles running quantum systems. He linked school outreach and teacher training to building a pipeline of future workers who could remain in Texas.
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