EuroHPC JU Selects 6 Sites Across the EU for Quantum Computers

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Oct. 4, 2022 – The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has selected six sites across the European Union (EU) to host and operate the first EuroHPC quantum computers: Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Poland.

These new systems will be available primarily for R&D purpose to a wide range of European users, no matter where in Europe they are located, to the scientific communities, as well as to industry and the public sector. The selected proposals ensure a diversity in the quantum technologies and architectures to give European users access to many different quantum technologies.

This quantum computer infrastructure will support the development of a wide range of applications with industrial, scientific and societal relevance for Europe, adding new capabilities to the European supercomputer infrastructure. Across industry and scientific communities, there is an array of important computing tasks that classical supercomputers struggle to solve. Examples of such complex problems include the optimization of traffic flows and fundamental numerical problems in chemistry and physics for the development of new drugs and materials. This is where quantum computing can help and open the door to new approaches to solve these hard-to-compute problems. The integration of quantum computing capabilities in HPC applications will enable scientific discoveries, R&D and new opportunities for industrial innovations.

The quantum computers will be integrated in already existing supercomputers and the selected hosting entities will operate the systems on behalf of the EuroHPC JU. The quantum computers will be co-funded by the EuroHPC JU budget stemming from the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) and by contributions from the relevant EuroHPC JU participating states. The JU will co-fund up to 50% of the total cost of the quantum computers with a planned total investment of more than EUR 100 million. The exact funding arrangements for each system will be reflected in hosting agreements that will be signed soon.

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