Halocene H4 will be installed at CSC in Finland
LUMI AI Factory has selected IQM Quantum Computers to deliver the IQM Halocene H4 quantum computer to CSC, IT Centre for Science in Finland in 2027.
Once installed in 2027, the system will be named LUMI-IQ and integrated into the LUMI AI Factory at CSC in Espoo.
CSC is Finland’s national centre of expertise in information technology and the home of the LUMI supercomputer.
IQM Quantum Computers trades on Nasdaq under the ticker IQMX.
IQM Halocene H4 is built to speed up hybrid high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
IQM describes Halocene H4 as the first and most advanced on-premises superconducting quantum computer of its kind.
The Halocene H4 design combines quantum error correction with NISQ qubits.
Researchers, industry innovators and developers across Europe will use LUMI-IQ as an experimental platform for quantum computing and AI.
LUMI consortium users will, for the first time, develop and implement quantum error correction concepts on the system.
That work supports joint R&D on fault-tolerant quantum computing and hybrid computing.
LUMI-IQ upgrades in phases
The first delivery will arrive in 2027, followed by upgrades in multiple phases with an increasing number of logical qubits.
Following those upgrades, European users will be able to test quantum error correction on a world-leading system.
IQM expects the machine to support new inventions and commercial opportunities on the path to fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Because LUMI-IQ will sit inside the LUMI AI Factory, users can connect quantum technologies with AI and high-performance computing in one environment.
Jan Goetz, CEO and co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers, called CSC and the LUMI AI Factory the kind of partners that define production quantum computing in practice.
He said: “Delivering IQM Halocene to CSC means Europe’s most powerful quantum computer will sit at the heart of one of the world’s leading research computing environments.”
Goetz also described the project as a milestone for IQM, CSC, Finland and the European quantum ecosystem.
Meanwhile, CSC will gain high-performance quantum computing resources for research, innovation and national know-how building across Finland and Europe.
