Euro-Q-Exa -- Europe’s latest quantum computer inaugurated in Munich

Europe’s latest quantum computer, Euro-Q-Exa has been inaugurated in Munich, Germany.

Hosted at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and part of the EuroHPC family of European quantum computers, it marks further progress in building out state of the art quantum computing infrastructure across Europe.

Euro-Q-Exa, supplied by IQM Quantum Computers, is a digital quantum computer with 54 physical qubits. By 2027 it will be expanded with more than 150 qubits, providing researchers, industry and the public sector with cutting edge quantum computing resources. Owned by EuroHPC, the system cost €25 million, with €10 million provided by EuroHPC and the remainder from the German and Bavarian public authorities.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Henna Virkkunen, European Commission Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Silke Launert, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Science, Research & Technology and Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and Art.

Integrated with LRZ's SuperMUC-NG supercomputer, it will begin to offer compute resources to European end users already using other LRZ quantum resources as of tomorrow. Access to the system will be available through the Munich Quantum Portal and EuroHPC JU access portal, supporting users across Germany and Europe. This open access approach is central to the EuroHPC JU's mission of fostering innovation and ensuring broad availability of advanced computing infrastructure throughout the continent.

Euro-Q-Exa is the third EuroHPC quantum computer to come online, following PIAST-Q in Poznań, Poland and VLQ in Ostrava, Czechia. Six quantum computers spread across Europe have been procured by the Joint Undertaking. Two analogue quantum simulators, Jade and Ruby, have also been procured under the EuroHPC JU project HPCQS and inaugurated end of 2025 in France (GENCI) and Germany (Julich Supercomputing Centre, JSC).

These machines reflect the Commission's strategic commitment to positioning Europe at the forefront of quantum computing development. By deploying multiple systems across member states and providing coordinated access to these resources, the initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen European competitiveness in emerging technologies and support European technological leadership in emerging quantum technologies.