--- title: Nations at the Quantum Table | daily.dev description: Since mid-2025, the US, UK, Japan, and Canada have shifted quantum computing from research funding into binding national policy, including roughly $2 billion... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nations at the Quantum Table | daily.dev og:description: Since mid-2025, the US, UK, Japan, and Canada have shifted quantum computing from research funding into binding national policy, including roughly $2 billion... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JrexSQgq6.png og:image:alt: Nations at the Quantum Table og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nations at the Quantum Table **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 15 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Since mid-2025, the US, UK, Japan, and Canada have shifted quantum computing from research funding into binding national policy, including roughly $2 billion in US CHIPS Act financing, a further £2 billion for the UK's National Quantum Strategy, Japan's ¥1.05 trillion industrialization push, and Canada's $900+ million defense commitment. Smaller nations like Singapore, the Netherlands, Australia, and Israel are making narrower, targeted bets. Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, now a Quantum Source board member, frames quantum as a matter of national sovereignty, warning that 'Q-day' will render current encryption obsolete and urging aggressive migration strategies and alliances. Supply chain choke points like dilution refrigerators (dominated by Finland's Bluefors and UK's Oxford Instruments) and materials like silicon-28 and helium-3 are emerging as key leverage points beyond raw funding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When do US federal agencies need to migrate to post-quantum encryption? Federal agencies face hard target deadlines of 2030 and 2031 to migrate sensitive systems to post-quantum encryption. This is driven by the harvest-now-decrypt-later threat, where adversaries are already intercepting and storing encrypted data today, intending to decrypt it once quantum computers become capable enough to break current public-key standards. _Track post-quantum migration deadlines and cryptographic standards on daily.dev as they firm up._ ### Which countries make dilution refrigerators for quantum computers? Dilution refrigerators, essential for cooling quantum processors, are manufactured at industrial scale by only a handful of firms, led by Finland's Bluefors and the UK's Oxford Instruments. This makes them and materials like isotopically enriched silicon-28 and helium-3 critical choke points in the global quantum supply chain, giving the UK meaningful leverage independent of its funding levels. _Follow quantum hardware supply chain developments on daily.dev when evaluating where the industry is headed._ ### How much is the US investing in quantum computing companies through the CHIPS Act? The Department of Commerce announced roughly $2 billion in CHIPS Act financing for nine quantum companies in May 2026, followed weeks later by two executive orders on quantum innovation and cryptographic security signed with the heads of Google and IBM in attendance. The stated 2028 timeline for a scientifically useful machine has drawn skepticism from outside physicists. _Keep up with national quantum funding moves like this on daily.dev to gauge industry momentum._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governments Face a New Quantum Reality as IBM Report Urges Broader Strategy Beyond Computing](https://daily.dev/posts/governments-face-a-new-quantum-reality-as-ibm-report-urges-broader-strategy-beyond-computing-hxggj1hic) · The Quantum Insider · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why Asia’s Quantum Ambitions Need Post-Quantum Security](https://daily.dev/posts/why-asia-s-quantum-ambitions-need-post-quantum-security-lqauarm1z) · The Quantum Insider · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#quantum-computing](https://daily.dev/tags/quantum-computing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nations at the Quantum Table","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T18:26:41.535Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T18:27:06.165Z","description":"Since mid-2025, the US, UK, Japan, and Canada have shifted quantum computing from research funding into binding national policy, including roughly $2 billion...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b02be7cb610c325788a8f09a58f5ce13?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b02be7cb610c325788a8f09a58f5ce13?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Quantum Insider","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Quantum Insider","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/7b14a6b34c1b464c9e8a88d9a0dac951","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"quantum-computing","timeRequired":"PT15M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Quantum Insider","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nations at the Quantum Table"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nations-at-the-quantum-table-jrexsqgq6#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"When do US federal agencies need to migrate to post-quantum encryption?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Federal agencies face hard target deadlines of 2030 and 2031 to migrate sensitive systems to post-quantum encryption. 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