The procurement contract for MareNostrum-Ona, the EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Spain, has been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, the selected vendor.

The EuroQCS-France consortium, led by GENCI and CEA, is pleased to announce that European researchers can now access a 12-qubit Quandela photonic quantum computing system remotely. This exciting development allows European users to begin programming and testing their applications on a real photonic quantum computer, months ahead of the anticipated deployment at TGCC (CEA’s computing center) of the on-premise Lucy system in the end of 2025. They can be supported by experts from a High-Level Support Team to port their applications onto the photonic quantum computer.

A significant European initiative, the PQC4eMRTD (Post-Quantum Cryptography for electronic Machine-Readable Travel Documents) project, has officially commenced today. Funded by the European Union under the Digital Europe Programme, the two-year project aims to address the security challenges posed by the rise of quantum computing, focusing on the standardization and promotion of quantum-resistant (QR) cryptographic protocols for electronic machine-readable travel documents (eMRTDs).

The results now published pinpoint the spiral magnetic structure of these materials, finally establishing the common origin of its promising magnetic and electric properties up to room temperatures. The experiments were fully conducted at the ILL, using five instruments out of a state-of-the-art suite of over 40, and taking advantage of advanced sample environment technologies.

QCentroid, a leader in quantum computing solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Innsomnia, Spain’s premier innovation accelerator, to bring the transformative power of quantum technology to Innsomnia’s ecosystem of startups, scaleups, and corporate innovators. This collaboration will allow users to access QCentroid’s QuantumOps platform to solve complex problems faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost—without requiring specialized quantum expertise.

Amid headlines about corporations investing in nuclear power plants to meet the insatiable energy needs of AI workloads, two companies, Multiverse Computing and Kinesis Network Inc. have joined forces to provide a new alternative—optimizing AI performance while reducing resource consumption.

Multiverse Computing, a global leader in value-based quantum and quantum-inspired AI software solutions, today announced an investment from the largest Italian investor in venture capital CDP Venture Capital Sgr, as part of the company’s Series A round. The investment was carried out through two compartments of the Corporate Partners I fund, ServiceTech and Energytech, a corporate venture capital fund participated by some of the main Italian corporates as limited partners, including Baker Hughes, BNL BNP Paribas, Edison, GPI, Italgas, Snam and Terna Forward. Financial details of the investment were not disclosed.

Kipu Quantum, the leading developer of novel hardware- and application-specific quantum computing algorithms, and QCentroid, a leading Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) provider, are pleased to announce their strategic partnership to advance quantum computing projects from Bizkaia to Spain, Latin America, and beyond.

Cybersecurity is an increasingly pressing issue, with 1,300 cyberattack attempts registered every minute. In this context, SeQure Quantum has developed a device that utilizes quantum technology to create random numbers with a high standard of security.