Date: 14 Nov 2025
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), in collaboration with the LUMI-Q consortium recently inaugurated VLQ, its second quantum computer in Ostrava, Czechia. The system, based on superconducting qubits, represents an investment of approximately five million euros.
Within the LUMI-Q consortium, there are thirteen partners from eight European countries including Czechia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The VLQ system will be integrated into the European high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. It is expected to feature 24 physical quantum bits arranged in a star-shaped topology connected to a central resonator. This configuration is designed to minimize the number of required swap operations between qubits, thereby enabling more efficient execution of complex quantum algorithms. VLQ will be interfaced with the EuroHPC supercomputer Karolina. EuroHPC JU has procured six quantum computers, located across Europe, with PIAST-Q, being the first, inaugurated in Poland in June 2025. In addition to these six systems, two analogue quantum simulators have been procured under the EuroHPC JU project HPCQS. They are currently undergoing final calibration and eventual commissioning in France (GENCI) and Germany (Julich Supercomputing Centre, JSC).
Source: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)
