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The first purpose built Nanoscience facility in Australia, was completed in April. 2016 The project took 6 years and cost $150 million dollars, with $40 million dollars donated by the Australian Federal Government.^[1] "Nanoscience is expected to be more impactful this century than the industrial revolution was in the 19th century. But “the buildings in which we work, rather than our imaginations, are what’s been limiting the science”, said Associate Professor Michael Biercuk, formerly a consultant to the US government organisation DARPA and now the research leader of a quantum flagship" in the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST).^[1]

Microsoft has made public it's interest in the project and actively supports the project and the AINST.^[2] Mircosoft aim to produce a working quantum computer to "...undertake the next generation of quantum experiments..."^[3]. Microsoft have not publicly announced funding which they are speculating on this project but have said that their "...budget has more than doubled..."^[4] The ABC has released that the figure is several million dollars.^[5]

The Nanoscience Hub at Sydney University, as seen from the footbridge connecting it to the Physics Building

Gelion, a start up created by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer, who is also the director of the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology^[2], is attracting funding from the commercial sector. Various industries are eagerly awaiting the output of this company. Steve McCann, Lend Lease CEO, has told the ABC that; large CBD office buildings could soon double as huge batteries, in the form of prefabricated wall segments.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Australia's first facility built for nanoscience launched". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ ^a ^b "Microsoft supports Sydney University quantum effort". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ "Sydney Group | Station Q". stationq.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ Strom, Marcus (2017-03-18). "Sydney University's David Reilly part of Microsoft's billion-dollar quantum computing push". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ "Sydney nanoscience centre opens doors for Microsoft to lead 'computer arms race'". ABC News. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
^ "$11m UK investment in nano start-up boon for eco energy". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[:0-1] "Australia's first facility built for nanoscience launched". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[:1-2] "Microsoft supports Sydney University quantum effort". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[3] "Sydney Group | Station Q". stationq.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[4] Strom, Marcus (2017-03-18). "Sydney University's David Reilly part of Microsoft's billion-dollar quantum computing push". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[5] "Sydney nanoscience centre opens doors for Microsoft to lead 'computer arms race'". ABC News. 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[6] "$11m UK investment in nano start-up boon for eco energy". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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