Fujitsu today announced that Fujitsu Australia Limited and The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to ensure that industry and government professionals, researchers, academics, and students in Australia will soon have access to a world-class quantum research facility. The agreement will see the two organizations partner to establish a center for quantum research, with ambitions to build an onsite quantum computer.

Xanadu, the world leader in photonic quantum computing, has recently announced its partnerships with Japanese quantum startups NanoQT and QunaSys to expand quantum research and support Japan's quantum ecosystem. Xanadu will collaborate with NanoQT on theory research, while its partnership with QunaSys will see its open-source framework PennyLane implemented to support the research done by QunaSys and its industry clients.