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# IQM's Goetz urges EU chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of Quantum Act
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-11-03-goetz-iqm-quantum-act-opinion/
- Published: 2026-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T11:31:03.000Z
- Description: IQM CEO Jan Goetz said Europe holds about 44 percent of global quantum patents and USD 10 billion in public funding, but only 12 percent of private quantum capital. He urged a European chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of the EU Quantum Act.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Policy and law, #news, #verified, #opinion, #ai-drafted

Verified Opinion AI-drafted [IQM Quantum Computers company blog, 3 November 2026](https://iqm.tech/blog/quantum-is-europes-chance-to-lead-a-global-industry/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What the source does not establish.** The figures and five point programme are Goetz's own framing and do not establish that the Commission will adopt any of his proposals.

**Index score.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Opinion urges an EU chip fab push and DARPA style buying ahead of the Quantum Act; moves none until enacted. [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)