# Old soup factory gets high-tech makeover as quantum computing firm wins $195M federal boost

https://mins.news/en/item/36999

- CBC News, 2026-08-29 16:30 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/quantum-computing-xanadu-federal-support-9.7325434?cmp=rss

> Inside a gutted Campbell’s Soup factory in Toronto’s west end, Canada’s minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation announced $195 million in federal support for a quantum computing company. The investment is the government’s biggest bet yet on homegrown technology that could transform AI, medical science and other major economic sectors.

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