Equinix's Petrina Steele Takes on AI and Quantum Computing

Technologymagazine · May 22, 2026 · 769 words · By Rithula Nisha

Technological Convergence Quantum Computing Integration AI Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty

The article profiles Petrina Steele of Equinix and her perspectives on the integration of AI and quantum computing. It discusses the evolving timelines of quantum technology, the impact of data sovereignty on infrastructure, and the technical challenges of cooling and interconnection.

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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Petrina Steele, Vice President of Strategy and Development at Equinix, spoke at Data Centre LIVE: The London Summit”

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The provided web search results for this claim are entirely irrelevant, discussing the Dallas Mavericks NBA team instead of Petrina Steele or Equinix.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 3, 2026 · CBS Sports has the latest Dallas Mavericks news and information, including team scores, stats, highlights and more for the 2025 NBA season.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/dal/dallas-mavericks/

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web search NEUTRAL — The team plays its home games at American Airlines Center, which it shares with the National Hockey League 's Dallas Stars. Throughout the 1980s, the Mavericks were a perennial playoff team, led by Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks

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web search NEUTRAL — Breaking Dallas Mavericks news and in-depth analysis from the best newsroom in sports. Follow your favorite clubs. Get the latest injury updates, player news and more from around the league.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/nba/team/mavericks/

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“Until 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang... was publicly sceptical about the short-term potential of quantum technology.”

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A Benzinga report notes that Jensen Huang highlighted quantum computing's shortcomings in handling larger datasets, supporting the claim of skepticism regarding its broad short-term potential. The GTC 2025 keynote evidence confirms the timeline of his current AI focus.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang (Chinese: 黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn; Tâi-lô: N̂g Jîn-hun; born February 17, 1963) is a Taiwanese and American business executive and electrical engineer who is the founder, pre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen_Huang

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) is a global artificial intelligence (AI) conference for developers that brings together developers, engineers, researchers, inventors, and IT professionals. Topi…
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“Later in 2025, he began developing NVQLink as an interconnect between NVIDIA processors and quantum processing units.”

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“He also started building AI models designed to enable quantum technology.”

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While web results mention NVIDIA's general AI models and a comparison of quantum strategies (mentioning AI-powered error correction), there is no specific confirmation from multiple independent sources that NVIDIA began building AI models specifically to 'enable' quantum technology in 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blackwell is a graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture developed by Nvidia as the successor to the Hopper and Ada Lovelace microarchitectures. Named after statistician and mathematician Davi…
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“BT's partnership with NScale – a UK-based neo cloud provider – is emblematic of this pattern.”

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The partnership between BT and NScale is confirmed by both Datacentremagazine and TelecomTV, explicitly describing NScale as a neocloud provider.

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web search NEUTRAL — The UK telco has also struck a deal with neocloud Nscale to build AI infrastructure capacity in the UK.That’s why BT is the first UK provider to offer a complete sovereign portfolio – from secure conn…
https://www.telecomtv.com/content/ai/bt-unveils-sovereign-po…

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web search NEUTRAL — BT Business has announced what it describes as the UK’s first full suite of sovereign services, covering sovereign connectivity, voice, cloud and AI for public and private sector organisations.
https://www.operatorwatch.com/2026/05/bt-turns-sovereign-clo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nscale, which has datacenters in several European countries as well as the US, confirmed the hires along with the completion of a Series C funding round that secures the rent-a-GPU biz another $2 bill…
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/03/09/brit-rent-a-g…

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“Deutsche Telekom is mirroring this approach in Germany.”

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Datacentremagazine explicitly states that Deutsche Telekom is mirroring BT's approach in Germany. However, the other provided search results for Deutsche Telekom are general Wikipedia entries or discuss BT/NScale specifically, without providing a second independent source confirming Deutsche Telekom's specific mirroring of this strategy.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Deutsche Bundespost was the German federal government postal administration created in 1947 as a successor to the Reichspost. It was also the major telephone company in West Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom

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web search NEUTRAL — BT Group and Nscale are partnering to build sovereign AI data centers in the UK, using NVIDIA technology to expand secure, locally controlled computing capacity.Partnering with BT is a major milestone…
https://www.telecomrevieweurope.com/articles/telecom-operato…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nscale’s strategic partnership with Singtel follows a number of recent announcements, including a partnership with Open Innovation AI to deliver 30,000 GPUs of consumption to the Middle Eastern market…
https://www.nscale.com/blog/singtel-and-nscale-unlock-gpu-ca…

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“quantum computers must be maintained at temperatures close to absolute zero.”

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Multiple independent sources (Datacentremagazine, Medium, and other web results) confirm that quantum computers typically require temperatures close to absolute zero.

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web search NEUTRAL — In fact, many quantum computers have to be kept to near absolute zero temperatures. For the non-chemists in the room, absolute zero means 0 Kelvin. 0 Kelvin = -273.15 Celsius = -459.67 Farenheit! Almo…
https://medium.com/the-quantum-authority/ice-ice-baby-why-qu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abstract Qubits Quantum Computing. Quantum computers typically require extreme conditions, including temperatures near absolute zero, which makes them difficult and expensive to operate.
https://scitechdaily.com/room-temperature-quantum-device-cou…

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web search NEUTRAL — Quantum computers that work at slightly higher temperatures could be cheaper and more accessible.A single quantum bit or “qubit”, the equivalent of the binary “zero or one” bit at the heart of classic…
https://theconversation.com/quantum-computing-just-got-hotte…

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“According to IBM, a producer of quantum computers, this hardware must be kept at around minus 273 degrees Celsius.”

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While the evidence confirms IBM is a producer of quantum computers, none of the provided snippets explicitly state the '-273 degrees Celsius' figure attributed to IBM.

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web search NEUTRAL — Quantum computing is one of IBM’s biggest bets for the future.So when will a quantum computer do something that no supercomputer can perform today? Probably sometime in the coming decade. At IMB, they…
https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/25/inenglish/15511…

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web search NEUTRAL — A quantum computer is a real or theoretical computer that exploits quantum phenomena like superposition and entanglement in an essential way. It is widely believed that a quantum computer could perfor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing

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web search NEUTRAL — The quantum computer's quantum gates manipulate the qubits' states, allowing for the exploration of different scenarios and measurements of interest within the simulated quantum system.
https://hackernoon.com/explaining-the-infinite-potential-of-…

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“The company operates a quantum computer at its Tokyo TY11 facility.”

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The claim is found in the cross-reference from Datacentremagazine, but no other independent web or Wikipedia sources confirm the existence of a quantum computer at the TY11 facility.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The company operates a live quantum computer at its Tokyo TY11 facility, deployed in partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/equinix-the-convergence-…

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“The deployment was done in partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits.”

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The partnership with Oxford Quantum Circuits for the TY11 facility is mentioned only in the Datacentremagazine cross-reference.

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“HSBC's trial with IBM on bond market operations yielded improvements of around 34%.”

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“Qubit Pharmaceuticals is applying quantum-ready AI to molecular simulation for oncology and anti-inflammatory drug discovery. The company is achieving around 30% improvements in the process.”

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