neQxt selected for Germany’s €640 million Quantum Computing Competition
We are proud to announce that the NEXUS consortium, led and coordinated by neQxt, has been selected to compete in the Quantum Computing Competition (QCC). This landmark initiative is backed by up to €640 million in potential funding from the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and marks a significant milestone in the race to build Europe’s next generation of quantum computers.
Placing Germany at the forefront
The QCC represents a bold commitment to position Germany at the global forefront of quantum computing development and commercialization. The BMFTR has selected six distinct consortia, each representing different technological paths toward the same ambitious goal: developing and deploying at least two error-corrected quantum computers competing with the best systems available in the world by 2030.
To achieve this goal, funding will support not only research and development of hardware, software and quantum error correction, but also the construction of pilot production lines –essential steps toward making quantum technology commercially viable. The systems will be designed to move beyond the research stage and provide industrial users with powerful tools to solve complex problems.
The NEXUS consortium
NEXUS brings together a strong team of partners including the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Hamburg, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Toptica Photonics, and more than a dozen industry subcontractors.
Our path within NEXUS relies on neQxt’s 3D ion trap technology, focused on delivering the reliability and scalability required for robust quantum systems. We are convinced that our approach offers genuine advantages in scaling up to practical applications without compromising stability.
The road ahead
There is still much work ahead to realise a commercially viable application, and to meet the strict technical minimum criteria defined by the competition. However, the technical challenges are what makes this work meaningful. Practical, error-corrected quantum computing will open possibilities across different industries and use-cases – many of which we are probably not even aware of yet.
We are fully committed to working alongside our partners in the NEXUS consortium to meet these goals and to scale our technology to thousands of qubits, providing Europe’s future sovereign quantum computing platform.
