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LUMI-Q consortium switches on Czechia's first quantum computer, built by IQM

The 13-member LUMI-Q consortium inaugurated VLQ, a 24-qubit quantum computer built by Finland's IQM at IT4Innovations in Ostrava. EuroHPC JU and the consortium split the roughly EUR 5 million cost equally.

Verified AI-drafted IQM Quantum Computers press release, 23 September 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish that the system has yet run a workload beyond its inauguration demonstration.

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