QuEra, HPE Partner to Bring Neutral-Atom Quantum Systems to Supercomputing Centers

Insider Brief

• QuEra and HPE plan to integrate QuEra neutral-atom quantum systems with HPE Cray supercomputers for hybrid quantum-classical deployments at HPC centers, national laboratories and enterprises.
• The collaboration will focus on testbeds, algorithm co-design, software interoperability and system-level benchmarking, including a potential future gigaquop-scale on-premises system.
• QuEra said customers could use cloud-based access to its planned Libra fault-tolerant system, targeted for 2028, alongside on-premises deployments for data-residency, sovereignty or tightly coupled computing needs.

PRESS RELEASE — QuEra Computing, the leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced a collaboration with HPE to integrate neutral-atom, fault-tolerant quantum computing with on-premise high-performance computing (HPC) environments powered by the HPE Cray supercomputing platform. The collaboration gives HPC centers, national laboratories, and enterprises a path to bring QuEra‘s frontier systems into new supercomputing infrastructure.

Useful fault-tolerant quantum computing will run alongside classical supercomputing in hybrid workflows where HPC handles large-scale classical computation and the quantum system tackles selected subproblems that are impractical or impossible to solve classically. Organizations that already operate large classical resources have new choices in how they bring quantum computing into their workflows — through the cloud, on-premise, or a combination of the two. The combined approach aligns with US national priorities, such as Genesis Mission, a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is building the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform. By uniting government, industry, academia, and philanthropy, it is accelerating breakthroughs in energy, scientific discovery, and national security through a new platform that combines AI, supercomputing, quantum systems, and advanced scientific instruments.