LUMI AI Factory Selects IQM’s Halocene Roadmap for Europe’s First Superconducting Logical Qubit System
IQM Quantum Computers will deploy LUMI-IQ, a superconducting quantum computer designed to support logical qubits, at CSC's Kajaani, Finland data center. The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is co-funding the system, which will be integrated into the LUMI AI Factory as a hybrid HPC-AI-quantum platform. Delivery is planned in three phases through 2029, beginning with 150 physical qubits.
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What this could mean
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European researchers could begin co-scheduling quantum and classical HPC jobs within the existing LUMI environment in the next two years, testing hybrid algorithms before the full logical-qubit system is complete.
The first phase starts with 150 physical qubits, and CSC already operates the LUMI supercomputer, so the main gate is IQM completing the initial integration on schedule rather than building entirely new infrastructure.
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