Duke University researchers, in collaboration with IonQ, have successfully demonstrated the creation of a tripartite entanglement of remote atomic qubits, generating a Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state across a three-node quantum network. This achievement was made possible by linking three spatially separated hardware modules, positioned approximately 2 meters apart, using 3-meter single-mode optical fibers to a centralized GHZ-state generator. The individual trapped atomic ions were used to create the entangled state, marking a significant advancement in the field of quantum computing. This breakthrough has the potential to enable more complex quantum operations and enhance the security of quantum communication networks1. The ability to generate entanglement across remote qubits is a crucial step towards the development of large-scale quantum networks, so what matters most to practitioners is that this demonstration brings us closer to realizing the potential of quantum computing for secure and efficient data processing.