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uptownBasel is an actively curated innovation campus in Arlesheim, around ten minutes from Basel. It brings together quantum computing, AI and the organisations turning these technologies into real-world solutions, on infrastructure that is already operational.

The technology is not a promise, it is on site: an IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer (since December 2024) and the PHOENIQS sovereign AI supercomputer (since June 2026), powered by the campus's own substation and battery energy storage. Organisations on campus are deliberately selected so that technology, expertise and real challenges meet in one place.

For organisations that use quantum computing and AI to develop real-world solutions – and advance the technologies themselves along the way. Some bring the technology, some the expertise, some a concrete challenge to solve. What matters is not the sector, but the contribution to the ecosystem.

Organisations on campus are already turning quantum computing and AI into results, from peer-reviewed research to proofs of concept with global companies. Our Pioneer Stories show what this looks like in practice, and new projects are added as they are completed. All of this runs on infrastructure that is already in place.

Sustainability is built into the infrastructure. The campus runs its own substation and on-site battery energy storage, and a new energy centre with around 2,000 m² of solar façade is being built. Once connected, it will feed waste heat from campus computing into the regional heat network. The campus is pre-certified under the Swiss SNBS Areal sustainability standard.

It starts with a conversation about your challenge or your technology. From there, we identify where you fit into the ecosystem, connect you with the right partners and move towards a pilot on campus.