For quantum computers to deliver on their promise to revolutionize numerous industries, they will need to be kept colder than the coldest natural place in the known universe. I set out to answer how and why.
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Why Most Quantum Computers Need to Be Colder Than Space
Quantum computer makers like their odds for big progress
0:00 The Quantum “Chandelier” Explained
1:22 Why Quantum Computers Need to Be Cold
2:00 Classic Bits vs. Qubits
2:50 What is a Qubit?
3:45 How the Dilution Refrigerator Works
4:48 The Role of Helium-3 and Helium-4
5:49 Harvesting Helium-3 from the Moon
6:02 The Future of Quantum Computing
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@jkbbumblebee
March 29, 2026 at 11:38 am
This is fascinating! Data centres and quantum computers face major cooling challenges due to the immense heat they generate and the strict temperature requirements for stable operation. Data centres overheat because of dense server racks, while quantum computers need near-absolute-zero conditions to function reliably. Traditional cooling methods on Earth are reaching their limits and consume enormous energy.
Elon Musk’s idea of a space-based thermal management system could be the breakthrough solution. In space, radiative cooling is far more efficient due to the vacuum and absence of atmospheric heat transfer. By dissipating heat directly into space, such systems could handle the thermal loads of massive data centres and enable quantum computers to scale without the risk of thermal instability. If realised, it could transform computational infrastructure and make next-gen computing sustainable.
Honestly, this could be the start of a whole new era for both data processing and quantum research! 🚀🖥️❄️
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:40 pm
How large do you imagine those radiative surfaces?
@khánhlathu1997
March 29, 2026 at 12:41 pm
why is nobody talking about Smart Broke Dumb Rich by …?? actually life-changing
@Rchicúc
March 29, 2026 at 12:43 pm
they really don’t want you reading Smart Broke Dumb Rich. that’s all i’m gonna say
@thảovănhạ1992
March 29, 2026 at 12:45 pm
quietly recommending Smart Broke Dumb Rich to people i actually care about
@HuyBachKhanh
March 29, 2026 at 12:47 pm
this book made me realize how programmed i was to stay broke. uncomfortable truth
@ngọcổnbảo2002
March 29, 2026 at 12:49 pm
how is Smart Broke Dumb Rich not everywhere yet?? says what nobody else will
@VietHavihu3l_973
March 29, 2026 at 12:52 pm
lost two friends after reading it. they called me “boring” — book literally warned me about that
@tùngbá1993
March 29, 2026 at 12:55 pm
my manager told me to “be careful” when he saw me reading it. that told me everything
@hảihữu1986
March 29, 2026 at 12:57 pm
explains why your dad worked his whole life and still ended up with nothing. hard truth
@huybảo1985
March 29, 2026 at 1:00 pm
stopped scrolling and ordered it. if you know, you know
@Tús_k7-h3c
March 29, 2026 at 1:02 pm
if you still think working hard is enough… you haven’t read it yet
@ScottJPowers
March 29, 2026 at 1:58 pm
quantum computers, and indeed quantum mechanics itself, is a bunch of bull. It’s all based on the assumption that not knowing the precise state or position of something must mean it’s in all the states at the same time… until you look. That is ridiculous, and for all the investment of money, time, and energy that has been put into it, quantum computers have done nothing impressive. Certainly nothing useful that a regular computer can’t do as fast or even faster.
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:44 pm
Never done a quantum experiment or watched it in action? That “theory” made much of what you use today.
@brookvillekansas90
March 29, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Weird that it operates at them temperature of space, almost as if we obtained the technology from space and are trying to backward engineer it.
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:42 pm
Not at all like that.
@sebastianteister
March 29, 2026 at 3:19 pm
Cooling System 2025 : 300 Dollars – Cooling System 2050 : 3000 Dollars
@thealmightyz73
March 29, 2026 at 3:45 pm
Watching this raised my IQ instantly 😂
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:43 pm
Saying that pushed it back down.
@thealmightyz73
March 30, 2026 at 6:56 pm
@mikemondano3624 what a sour and sad person you must be
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 11:53 pm
@thealmightyz73 The opposite, really. It’s butterflies, all the time! Protestant scientists are trying to cure my bliss.
@urbanstrencan
March 29, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Great video, Quantum computing is future promised to us for past 20 years, I really hope that we actually get it working it
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:41 pm
You really shoudn’t.
@Royce16727
March 29, 2026 at 6:11 pm
I love the reference to “The Three Body Problem”! Such a good series. And I honestly learned a lot about how modern computing works from the first book.
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:39 pm
After the three-body case was solved, space travel expanded to to any number.
@pelanebaat
March 29, 2026 at 6:38 pm
Petition to give it to me at room temp for free
@thexlack
March 29, 2026 at 7:49 pm
i too, am worthless at room temperature and many other temperatures
@patrickglavin8501
March 29, 2026 at 9:58 pm
At the speed of innovation this is already obsolete.
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:45 pm
Truth has no sell-by date.
@CNET
March 30, 2026 at 1:54 am
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Why Most Quantum Computers Need to Be Colder Than Space
Quantum computer makers like their odds for big progress
@Whiskeymystic-b2p
March 30, 2026 at 11:51 am
Just a man made construct that pulls in energy giving a man made result
@MoneyMan_Online
March 30, 2026 at 1:03 pm
haha goonerson
@mikemondano3624
March 30, 2026 at 4:37 pm
That’s why I always use mine outside in the snow.
@IoanBota-v9l
March 31, 2026 at 1:03 am
I will like to be mine this Quantum Computer
@TomTom-cm2oq
March 31, 2026 at 8:24 am
Why do you stupid Americans refuse to convert the F to C and put it up on the screen?
Do you think that the only people who watch this are American? Is it too much work to convert the number? Is it too much work to put it on the screen under the F?
The infinite arrogance of not putting the C value on the screen is infuriating.