IQM Expands to South America with On-Premises QPU Sale to Brazil’s Eldorado Research Institute
IQM has agreed to supply an on-premises IQM Spark quantum computer to Brazil's Eldorado Research Institute, with installation planned for the first quarter of 2027. The deal is described as the first purchase of a quantum computer by a private research institution in Brazil and includes cloud access to IQM's European 54-qubit system.
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This could seed a self-sustaining Brazilian quantum research ecosystem by giving universities and private labs recurring local access to superconducting hardware without depending solely on remote cloud queues.
The Spark arrives in Q1 2027, within the near horizon; local, on-premises access removes transatlantic latency and usage bottlenecks, while bundled cloud access to IQM's 54-qubit QPU provides an upgrade path for larger circuits. If Eldorado opens the system to partner universities as the abstract indicates, hands-on training and algorithm development could compound within two years.
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