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Title: Quantum Thermal: Quantum Computing’s Cryogenic Bottleneck
Date: May 2026
Status tag: Public Analysis
Description:
Quantum computing is still priced and discussed at the qubit layer: count, modality, roadmap, national champion.
This report argues that the next constraint may sit below it — in the thermal-control stack that keeps superconducting quantum systems cold, connected, measured, and controllable.
Issue 03 of The Bottleneck Framework – Applied Series maps why quantum sovereignty may depend on cryogenic sovereignty, and why pricing power could migrate to the infrastructure layer before the market fully understands it.
Price: Euro 49 Excl. VAT
