Vanderbilt anticipates placing up to 260 faculty, staff and students at the Institute for Quantum Innovation in Chattanooga, EPB CEO David Wade told the board of directors on Wednesday. The board approved $750,000 over the next three years in start-up funding for the center, which Vanderbilt will match. EPB, Chattanooga’s electricity and internet provider, is home to America’s most complete commercial quantum infrastructure, the utility said in a press release. Read the full story with the link in our bio. Photo 1 Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / EPB CEO David Wade speaks during a meeting of the EPB board of directors on Dec. 10, 2025. The board approved a partnership with Vanderbilt University to open the Institute of Quantum Innovation in Chattanooga. Photo 2 Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Chattanooga’s skyline is seen Nov. 16, 2021, over the ridge on Moccasin Bend, in this photo made from Lookout Mountain. Fake photos on social media have depicted circular cloud rings, sometimes afl...