Quantum Computers for Data Centers

Project Information

QCDC

Grant agreement ID: 190118992

DOI 10.3030/190118992

EC signature date 29 March 2023

Start date 1 April 2023

End date 31 March 2025

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost € 3 656 087,50

EU contribution € 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

ALPINE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Austria

Project description

Innovative platform for access to European quantum hardware

Quantum computing offers a substantial advantage in research, offering immense computing power which can be crucial for a variety of fields from finance to chemistry and biology. Unfortunately, access to quantum computers is limited, with researchers either having to wait in long waiting lists or pay excessive amounts of money. The EU-funded QCDC project will utilise the first European cloud-accessible quantum computer, assembled by Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) and providing internationally competing performance efficiency, to develop a novel AQT cloud platform that could offer their partners and customers access to quantum computing without the influence of non-EU providers.

Objective

AQT is realizing the first European cloud-accessible quantum computer at internationally competing performance levels. Our two quantum computing setups have been realized within two 19-inch rack cabinets each and are each powered by a single wall-mounted power plug. The hardware is deployed in our data centre and can be installed on-premise at a customer site. The project aims to provide cloud access to AQT's European quantum computers using a novel AQT cloud platform, such that the European quantum ecosystem, in particular our quantum software partners and customers, can thrive without influence or dependence on currently non-EU dominated quantum computing hardware. Our platform infrastructure is meant to be readily extended toward quantum-enabled application services. These future application services will allow us to demonstrate and commercially exploit the advantages of quantum computation in finance, logistics, optimization, materials design, and chemistry.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › quantum computers
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Keywords

• Quantum Computing

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01 - EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy

Call for proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

Coordinator

ALPINE QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

• Net EU contribution: € 2 500 000,00
• Address: TECHNIKERSTRASSE 17 ; 6020 Innsbruck ; Austria
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Westösterreich › Tirol › Innsbruck
• Region: Westösterreich › Tirol › Innsbruck
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 3 656 087,50