Maybell Quantum has installed four dilution fridges at the Roadrunner Quantum Lab (RQL) in New Mexico.

The vendor has delivered the fridges, also known as cryostats, to the lab in Albuquerque to “give entrepreneurs the infrastructure they need to test, validate, and scale quantum breakthroughs.”

The RQL is New Mexico’s state quantum lab, established last year to help deliver quantum breakthroughs in the state. It is a public-private partnership, led by Roadrunner Venture Studios and backed by Economic Development New Mexico.

“Too many quantum founders burn years - and millions of dollars - assembling the infrastructure they need to prove their technology works,” said Corban Tillemann-Dick, CEO of Maybell Quantum.

“New Mexico is taking a different approach by bringing those resources together in one place. By making Maybell’s dilution refrigerators available alongside control electronics, computing, and networking infrastructure, this initiative lowers barriers to entry and helps promising technologies reach the market faster.”

The dilution fridges are engineered to run multiple companies at once, with room for five or more teams and 20 to 30 researchers across dedicated lab environments. Maybell's cryogenic systems provide the ultra-low temperatures required to create and maintain quantum states in certain materials. This is especially critical for superconducting and spin-qubit quantum processors, which need to be cooled to millikelvin temperatures to operate.

Denver-based Maybell, which raised $40 million last year, will have staff based at RQL to help companies use the equipment. It is the third quantum vendor to join the project, with quantum networking firm Qunnect and QuEra, which builds neutral atom-based quantum computers, having already committed infrastructure at the lab.

The arrival of Maybell means the lab “will now offer a full-stack testing environment for early-stage quantum companies, allowing founders to move from concept to validated technology faster and more efficiently than anywhere else in the world.” It is due to open to tenants and the public in the fall.

“We made a promise to New Mexico that if we built the infrastructure, the best quantum companies would follow," said Adam Hammer, CEO and Co-founder of Roadrunner Venture Studios. “Maybell proves that bet was right. Their commitment, and the commitments of our other partners, show that targeted investment can attract world-class partners and build the next generation of quantum technology right here in Albuquerque.”