When it comes to advanced networking, Chattanooga is developing a knack for making history.
In 2010, the city made national headlines and earned the title of “Gig City” when EPB, the city’s municipal utility, became the first in the United States to offer community-wide gig-speed internet to all businesses and residents, regardless of income.
In 2022, the utility company made history a second time when it introduced the nation’s first commercially available quantum network — the EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk. And last year, in December of 2023, the company did it again, by bringing its first two customers onto the quantum network.
In recent months, city and business leaders have launched the Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative, aimed at cultivating a “quantum ecology,” by focusing on key elements like economic development, education and workforce training, and infrastructure.
The goal is to make sure Chattanooga is well-prepared to take advantage of the financial opportunities that would accompany the quantum wave.