Two Eagles and a Heron for Europe

Yesterday, the first IBM Quantum Data Centre outside of the US was opened in Ehningen, Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in attendance.

It is the company’s second quantum data centre with two IBM Quantum Eagle-based systems, and an upcoming IBM Heron system.

‘These systems are capable of performing computations beyond the brute-force simulation capabilities of classical computers’, says IBM.

When the Heron is installed  it will be the third  Heron installed across IBM’s fleet of quantum systems that can be accessed by the company’s global quantum network of more than 250 enterprises, universities, research institutions, and organisations.

When it is deployed alongside the Eagles, Heron  will expand the 12+ quantum computers IBM currently offers through the cloud – the largest fleet of its kind in the world.

  “The opening of the IBM Quantum Data Center in Ehningen is good news for Germany. It will serve as a location for innovation and business growth, and is an expression of investors’ confidence in the German market. IBM enriches the German quantum computing landscape with this new data center. The German government is providing targeted support for the development of quantum technologies,” said Scholz at the opening.

“The opening of our first IBM Quantum Data Center in Europe underscores the key role of collaboration with industry, academia and policymakers for a pan-European quantum ecosystem,” said IzbM EMEA Chairman Ana Paula Assis.

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