Quantum technology's second revolution is already reshaping the country, and it's not just happening in the six established hubs of California, Illinois, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York. SCSP's new "Quantum States" series maps the unconventional state and local ecosystems driving America's quantum future. This first edition spotlights the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: Tennessee's fiber-optic EPB Quantum Network linking Oak Ridge National Lab, universities, and companies like IonQ; Georgia Tech's DARPA benchmarking work; Maryland's "Capital of Quantum" funding model that helped birth IonQ; and North Carolina's trapped-ion research and workforce legislation. Read the full newsletter on SCSP's Substack! #Quantum #AI #NationalSecurity #Tech #TechPolicy #Science