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In October 2022, the LUMI-Q consortium, which brings together 9 European countries: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Sweden, was selected as one of the six sites that will host the first European quantum computers.
The LUMI-Q consortium will provide a European-wide quantum computing environment integrated with the EuroHPC infrastructure. The proposed concept allows for the integration of the targeted EuroHPC quantum computer into multiple EuroHPC supercomputers, including KAROLINA in Czechia, LUMI in Finland, and EHPCPL in Poland. The quantum computer will be placed at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre in Ostrava, Czechia.
Now, the availability of the LUMI-Q quantum computer has moved one step closer. The hosting agreement for the acquisition and operation has been signed, and it is expected that the quantum computer will be installed in 2024.
LUMI-Q builds upon the successful LUMI model, in that several consortium member states gain access to the common LUMI-Q quantum computer by pooling our resources. Additionally, as 50% of the cost of the LUMI-Q quantum computer is covered by the EuroHPC JU, the quantum computer is made available to users across Europe. Our goal is to provide these quantum resources to academia and industry alike, just as in the case of the classical supercomputing resources of LUMI, says CSC’s Managing Director Kimmo Koski.
You can read the full article on the LUMI website.
