Is quantum becoming the next AI infrastructure layer, or is the timeline still too far out?

Quantum computing is starting to get pulled into the same conversation as AI, semiconductors and national scientific computing. The federal government is ing quantum through CHIPS-style incentives, national lab initiatives, and post-quantum cybersecurity regulation. Big tech is also still heavily involved through IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia and Honeywell/Quantinuum. But I’m trying to understand the real timeline. AI has immediate commercial demand. Data centers need GPUs right now. Power demand is visible right now. Quantum is different.