---
title: "Google and NASA are getting a new quantum computer"
description: "The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, a joint project between Google, NASA, and other insitutions, will install a D-Wave 2X, a new quantum computer released earlier this year."
date: "2015-09-28"
modified: "2015-09-28"
authors:
  - name: "Kif Leswing"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kif_leswing"
url: "https://futurism.com/google-and-nasa-are-getting-a-new-quantum-computer"
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
  - "Google"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
---

# Google and NASA are getting a new quantum computer

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/quantum-computer-2.jpg>)

##### What It Is

The D-Wave 2X has over 1000 qubits and needs to be kept very cold. Previously, the QAIL had purchased a previous D-Wave quantum computer. There's a good deal of controversy over whether D-Wave's systems are actually quantum computers, but it seems like very smart people want to continue the use of these kinds of systems.

##### The Implications

D Wave's CEO said in a statement:The new agreement is the largest order in D-Wave's history, and indicative of the importance of quantum computing in its evolution toward solving problems that are difficult for even the largest supercomputers." The computer's been installed at NASA Ames.