The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) announced that it will select six member states – the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, and Poland – to deploy the first-ever European quantum computer network, which will integrate existing supercomputers in the six countries to form a quantum computing network that will be operational in the second half of 2023.
The total investment in the program is said to be more than 100 million euros, half of which will come from the EU and the other half from the 17 countries involved in the project. The new quantum computer network will meet the growing demand for quantum computing resources from European industry and academia, and play an important role in combating climate change and developing clean energy, superconductivity research, and developing new drugs.
