City’s new Super Quantum Hub offers cutting-edge opportunities

By Lethbridge Herald on June 19, 2025.

Herald photo by Alejandra Pulido-Guzman Muhammad Ali Khan, CEO of SuperQ Quantum, demonstrates how the Quantum Super Hub works Wednesday at Tecconnect.

Alexandra Pulido-Guzman
Lethbridge Herald

Economic Development Lethbridge, in partnership with SuperQ Quantum Inc. are positioning Lethbridge at the forefront of quantum innovation with the introduction of the Lethbridge Super Quantum Hub located at Tecconnect. 

Muhammad Ali Khan, founder and CEO of SuperQ Quantum Inc. says this is a first-in-Canada regional model, and just like ChatGPT made AI accessible, this platform makes quantum computing useful to everyday problem solvers.

“It works in plain language,” says Khan. “You describe your business challenge, and the system figures out the best computing tools to use including quantum, AI, or high-performance traditional computing.”

Khan says most computers today solve problems one step at a time, while quantum computers use a type of computation that utilizes quantum mechanics to perform operations on data. It can explore many possibilities at once, making them useful for complex problems like finding the most efficient delivery route, scheduling staff in a way that cuts overtime, modeling risk in financial or climate systems, forecasting the direct and indirect impact of trade tariffs and synthesizing the best molecules for drugs and manufacturing applications among many others.

Eyren Uggenti, head of professional services for SuperQ Quantum, says business owners in the region can use the hub and get guidance on how to solve the problems that are imperative for their business to solve. 

“They are able to get that wrap-around support here at Tecconnect, through some of the regional innovation network resources,” says Uggenti. “Additionally, SuperQ is going to have a variety of training and an array of programs that will compliment the use of the hub.”

Students from the University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge Polytechnic will have an opportunity to immerse themselves in the technology and there are new initiatives in the horizon moving forward. 

“Even the access to researchers is also a very exciting proposition with the hub being open now,” says Uggenti. 

Renae Barlow, vice-president of entrepreneurship and innovation for EDL, says they’re extremely excited to have the Super Quantum Hub in Lethbridge. 

“At Tecconnect we have been working in emerging technologies for over ten years now, and as it has evolved, so have we,” says Barlow. 

She adds that bringing this kind of technology to southern Alberta and having a Quantum Hub here is a major opportunity for industry, their growth and understanding the kind of business here and how they can solve some complex problems they haven’t been able to solve in the past. 

“And having this kind of access to our southern Alberta companies and industry puts us ahead,” says Barlow. “We are now leading as the only Quantum Hub with access to technology that nobody else has.”

Local teams at EDL and SuperQ are offering workshops, pilots, and training to help companies explore what’s possible.

The Quantum Hub is especially relevant for industries with complex decision-making like Agriculture for modeling crop cycles and optimizing water use, transportation and logistics for planning delivery or service routes, manufacturing for optimizing scheduling or equipment use and finance, and post-secondary or STEM education offering hands-on exposure to emerging technology. 

The hub offers different entry points including, introductory sessions for anyone curious about what quantum computing does, workshops for business and tech professionals, custom pilot projects for businesses wanting to try quantum solutions for specific challenges, and youth and education programs for future workforce development.