Germany to Create Its First Quantum Computing Business Cloud

…Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has contracted software company QMWare and cloud specialist IONOS, together with the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer FOKUS research institute, to construct a platform for quantum computing applications for German industry. The cloud will be the first of its kind in the country… 

The project, called SeQenC, will run for three years and is part of the ministry’s “Digital Technologies for Business” support program. The ministry will be investing tens of millions of euros, although no exact figure was named.

…During the project’s three-year span, selected partner companies from industry and the wider economy will be invited to test out applications in sectors such as telecommunications, logistics, finance, automotive and energy… 

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