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D-Wave has installed Italy's first on-premises Advantage2 annealing quantum computer at Villa Saporiti, funded by a €10 million agreement with Swiss Quantum Technology SA. This 4,400+ qubit system serves as a sovereign infrastructure anchor for the Q-Alliance ecosystem, offering European researchers and businesses direct access to production-grade hardware for industrial optimization and materials simulation via both local execution and cloud connectivity.
D-Wave Delivers Italy’s First Annealing Quantum Computer to Lombardy Infrastructure Hub

D-Wave has installed Italy's first on-premises Advantage2 annealing quantum computer at Villa Saporiti in Como. Funded by Swiss Quantum Technology SA (SQT) with a €10 million agreement, this 4,400+ qubit system will be accessible to European researchers and businesses both on-site and remotely via D-Wave's Leap cloud service. This initiative supports the Volta Declaration's goals for quantum computing and AI development in Europe, coinciding with the bicentennial of Alessandro Volta's death. The post D-Wave Delivers Italy’s First Annealing Quantum Computer to Lombardy Infrastructure Hub appeared first on Quantum Computing Report.
Dual-platform quantum hardware and software provider D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) has delivered an Advantage2 annealing quantum computer to Villa Saporiti in Como, Italy, marking the installation of the…
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