26JUL

EuroHPC opens €11.95m MeluXina-Q quantum tender

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The tender for a quantum computer in Luxembourg is worth up to €11.95m, split equally between EuroHPC and the Luxembourg government.

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Key takeaway

A research-scale quantum system for Luxembourg, jointly funded and with no supplier chosen yet.

EuroHPC opened procurement on 23 July for MeluXina-Q, a quantum computer to be sited in Luxembourg, worth up to €11.95 million and funded half by the joint undertaking and half by the Luxembourg government.¹

The figure sets expectations. Eleven and a bit million euros buys a modest research-grade quantum system, one of several the EU has been siting across member states so that national research communities have physical access to hardware rather than renting time on machines owned elsewhere. EuroHPC is buying access for European researchers at this price, not competitive performance, and the contrast with the bloc's multi-billion-dollar commitment to buying artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators from the United States under Pax Silica in June sets the two orders of magnitude side by side. No supplier has been selected and the tender has yet to close.

Deep Analysis

In plain English

EuroHPC, the EU's shared supercomputing programme, has opened a call for companies to bid on building a quantum computer called MeluXina-Q in Luxembourg, worth up to nearly €12 million, split evenly between the EU and Luxembourg's government.

What could happen next?

Meaning
The tender adds a quantum-computing project alongside the same-day MeluXina-AI contract, expanding Luxembourg's role as a EuroHPC hosting site.

Sources:EuroHPC Joint Undertaking

Mentions:EuroHPC JU →United States →Luxembourg →Pax Silica →MeluXina-AI →

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