Data Proximity and the Quantum Architecture of Tomorrow

Authored by

Nicole Hemsoth Prickett, Head of Industry Relations

This blog post was written in 2025 and reflects product capabilities at that time. Some information may be outdated.

In this episode Nicole talks to Chris Powell, Chief Scientist at SAIC, and Kartik, Chief Scientist at VAST Data, about how the foundations of supercomputing are being rewritten by quantum advances, new architectures, and the collapse of distance between data and compute.

Together they explore what happens when data becomes the environment of computation itself, how proximity and randomness define the next frontier, and why the systems of the future will think exactly where the information lives.

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