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# UK commits up to GBP 2 billion to quantum computing under ProQure
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-03-17-uk-proqure-quantum-funding/
- Published: 2026-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-02T09:20:41.000Z
- Description: The UK government announced up to GBP 2 billion for quantum computing, including a GBP 1 billion ProQure procurement programme to buy commercial-scale quantum computers, aiming to deploy them at scale by the early 2030s.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [GOV.UK press release, 17 March 2026](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish which suppliers will be chosen or whether procured machines will be UK-owned and built versus bought from non-European vendors.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. UK pledges up to GBP2bn for quantum computers; no supplier or ownership decided yet.. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)