In addition, the DoE has rolled out<\/a> a complementary program called the Quantum High-Performance Computing Validation and Verification Testbed Lab Call, which is soliciting proposals from the United States\u2019 network of national laboratories \u201cto develop and apply a complete set of necessary tools and expertise to perform performance verification of fault tolerant quantum computers.\u201d<\/p>\n This push to fast-track the development of cutting-edge quantum technologies comes at a time when such a breakthrough is sorely needed to tame the energy monster that AI is creating<\/a>. A new report from the BCG Institute finds that quantum computing, once it is sufficiently advanced, could one day address 20 to 40 percent of emissions from hard-to-abate sectors like steelmaking and cement production, according to an exclusive preview<\/a> from Semafor. Moreover, the report says that the technology could be applied in carbon capture, green hydrogen and ammonia, and batteries.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n While quantum computing also requires significant energy to run, it pales in comparison to the amount of energy being gobbled up by the data centers powering the AI boom. According to Seamfor, the new BCG study \u201cestimates the sector\u2019s carbon footprint will be relatively small compared to the AI industry\u2019s because quantum is more likely to be used to address specific problems rather than as a general purpose technology.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Furthermore, quantum computing could make AI itself more energy efficient by changing the way that large language models function. \u201cFor the things that quantum computing is good at \u2014 such as AI processing \u2014 there’s no way for any GPU to compete against us. Those workloads are ultimately going to go to quantum and current technology just literally can’t compete,\u201d Peter Chapman, President and CEO of quantum computing company IonQ, was quoted<\/a> by Forbes back in 2024. \u201cQuantum computing \u2014 our next-generation chip \u2014 to simulate what it’s doing, you would need something like two and a half billion GPUs and it runs off a two standard wall sockets,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n Quantum holds promise for improving clean energy technologies. Quantum batteries could one day,\u00a0 mind-bendingly, emit more energy than they store<\/a> if they are in a shared quantum state with the device they are providing energy to. Quantum mechanics could also enable a new form of energy harvester<\/a> that captures waste heat emanating from electronics and industrial machinery. And researchers at MIT announced last year that they have discovered a method<\/a> to observe a so-called \u201cedge state\u201d of electrons that results in a lack of energy loss with enormous disruptive potential for the tech sector. According to reporting<\/a> from Interesting Engineering, \u201dsuch frictionless movement of electrons can enable data and energy transfer across devices without any transmission losses, leading to the development of super-efficient electronic circuits and quantum computers.\u201d<\/p>\n By Haley Zaremba for Oilprice.com<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/tinymce\/2026-09\/1790763349-o_1k3ot0akt6qi1ir198o1n6fred8.jpg\"\/ "\\"\\"")
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