The Galician Supercomputing Center (CESGA) has partnered with IQM Quantum Computers and Telefónica to deploy two on-premises quantum systems by June 2026. The flagship installation is the 54-qubit IQM Radiance, a production-grade superconducting system designed specifically for integration into high-performance computing (HPC) environments. This system will be accompanied by a 5-qubit IQM Spark, a platform dedicated to pulse-level research and quantum skills development for the Spanish scientific community.
The technical core of the agreement focuses on the transition to hybrid quantum-classical workflows. The IQM Radiance will operate in tandem with the new Finisterrae IV AI-supercomputer, enabling the offloading of complex optimization and simulation tasks to the QPU. By utilizing IQM’s tunable coupler architecture and native error-mitigation capabilities, researchers can experiment with high-fidelity gate operations in a square-lattice topology, which is optimized for surface-code implementations and large-scale algorithm execution.
This deployment positions Spain alongside leading European quantum-HPC sites such as LRZ and Jülich in Germany. Telefónica will manage the supporting digital infrastructure, facilitating secure industrial access to the quantum hardware for sectors including logistics, energy, and life sciences. The project represents a sovereign investment in scalable quantum hardware, aiming to establish standardized benchmarking and automated testing protocols within Spain’s national computing landscape.
Read the full announcement here.
December 23, 2025
