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# VTT and IQM launch Europe's first 50-qubit superconducting quantum computer
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-04-iqm-vtt-50-qubit-quantum-computer/
- Published: 2025-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:00:24.000Z
- Description: VTT and IQM launched a 50-qubit superconducting quantum computer at VTT's Micronova site in Espoo, Finland, calling it Europe's first. The project ran on EUR 20.7 million of Finnish government funding and is now open via VTT's QX service.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [IQM press release, 4 March 2025](https://iqm.tech/press-releases/vtt-and-iqm-launch-first-50-qubit-quantum-computer-developed-in-europe/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not show the system's benchmarks match or exceed those of leading non-European quantum computers.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)