Quantum Fridges Drive Lunar Mining

Quantum computers need dilution refrigerators that rely on helium‑3/helium‑4 mixtures to reach millikelvin temperatures. Terrestrial helium‑3 supply is tiny and largely tied to tritium decay, but scaling quantum data centers to millions of qubits could require thousands of liters per system, pushing demand to the Moon. The Interlune–Bluefors deal suggests quantum cooling, not fusion, is the first commercial engine for lunar helium‑3. — It links frontier computing to space‑resource policy, showing how tech supply chains can catalyze extraterrestrial extraction before traditional energy markets do.