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# EuroHPC launches EUR 4 million Q-Neko project with Japan on quantum HPC
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-07-06-eurohpc-q-neko-japan/
- Published: 2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:09.000Z
- Description: EuroHPC JU launched Q-Neko, a EUR 4 million Horizon Europe project pairing ten European partners including CSC, IQM and CEA with five Japanese organisations to build shared benchmarks and standards for quantum accelerated high performance computing.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified

Verified [EuroHPC Joint Undertaking press release, 6 July 2026](https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-launches-q-neko-project-strengthen-eu-japan-collaboration-quantum-computing-2026-07-06%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish that any quantum hardware or standard has been delivered, only that a 36 month research project has started.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. EUR4M EU-Japan research project on QC-HPC standards; no hardware/standard delivered yet. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)