# The Refrigerator Problem: Why Quantum Computing's Cost Barrier May Finally Be Breaking

- slug: the-refrigerator-problem-why-quantum-computings-cost-barrier-may-finally-be-breaking
- date: 2026-04-24
- category: Quantum Computing

Yale showed superconducting qubits can run at 13 Kelvin instead of 1 Kelvin. That is the difference between a $500K dilution refrigerator and something a university lab can actually afford.

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