Naidu launches India’s first quantum hardware testing facility in Amaravati

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday launched a quantum reference facility here aimed at building India’s “first sovereign hardware ecosystem” and accelerating indigenous manufacturing of advanced computing systems.

The CM launched the facility at a private college in the greenfield capital city, dedicating the AQRF, comprising Amaravati 1S and Amaravati 1Q, to the



nation.

Developed under the Amaravati Quantum Valley initiative, the systems are India’s “first indigenously built” open-access quantum computers, designed, assembled, and tested domestically with a supply chain spanning multiple institutions.

The launch, held on World Quantum Day, is expected to position Amaravati as a “major global hub for quantum technologies” and the anchor node of a future national network of quantum facilities.