Qolab announced today a strategic investment from Western Digital, a manufacturer of hard disk drives.

According to a release, the partnership combines Western Digital’s expertise in materials science, precision manufacturing and nanofabrication with Qolab’s breakthrough approach to quantum hardware design.

“Our collaboration represents a critical step in translating quantum computing from scientific research into scalable production,” Qolab CEO Alan Ho said in a statement. “By combining Western Digital’s engineering and nanofabrication expertise with our advancements in superconducting qubits, we aim to build the foundation for reliable, high-performance quantum computing systems that can scale to real-world applications.”

The financial terms were not disclosed.