Neutral atom company QuEra Computing and HPE have announced a collaboration to integrate neutral-atom quantum computing with the HPE Cray supercomputing platform. The collaboration will give HPC centers, national laboratories, and enterprises access to a new hybrid supercomputing infrastructure that includes QuEra’s systems.
QuEra’s systems 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. To use it, organisations will be able access it through the cloud, on-premise, or a combination of the two. QuEra says that this combined approach aligns with US national priorities, such as Genesis Mission, which aspires to build the world’s most powerful integrated science discovery platform.
QuEra and HPE have collaborated since 2025, and the two are pursuing integrated testbeds, hybrid algorithm co-design, software interoperability, and system-level performance benchmarking, targeting deployment alongside the HPE Cray supercomputing platform.
“Bringing neutral-atom, fault-tolerant systems into an HPC environment introduces a different engineering problem than delivering quantum computing over the cloud,” said Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing. “HPE’s deep experience in supercomputing gives organizations the benefit of working with a partner who can solve that problem at the scale they need.”
“Organizations running the world’s most demanding workloads need quantum and classical computing to work together seamlessly,” said Dr. Masoud Mohseni, Senior Distinguished Technologist and Director of HPE Quantum. “Our partnership with QuEra aims to bring fault-tolerant quantum capabilities into HPC environments, creating a clear path from today’s supercomputers to tomorrow’s hybrid quantum-classical systems.”
With this announcement, QuEra now offers two routes to its systems, offering organizations a choice to take one or both. For example, organizations will be able to deploy on-premises for sovereign or tightly coupled workloads while drawing on the cloud for elastic simulation and burst capacity.
- On-premises deployment, through HPE. For organizations that need a system inside their own environment, whether for sovereignty or data residency needs, or to tightly couple into existing workflows, the HPE collaboration provides a path to integrate QuEra’s systems with the HPE Cray supercomputing platform, including plans for a potential gigaquop system.
- Cloud access, through a major Cloud provider. Libra, QuEra’s fault-tolerant quantum computer is slated to be made available in 2028
QuEra Joins Capital of Quantum
QuEra also announced it has joined Maryland’s Capital of Quantum, statewide initiative to expand the region’s quantum ecosystem. As such, the company will open an office in Discovery District Maryland where the Capital of Quantum is based.
The move builds on an agreement between QuEra and the University of Maryland’s National Quantum Laboratory (QLab) that gives QLab researchers cloud access to QuEra’s quantum systems, including its Aquila platform, for research and education.
“We are excited to offer our user community access to QuEra’s neutral atom-based systems. This will allow scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs to develop and test hands-on quantum applications with up to 256 qubits offered by this quickly developing hardware platform” said Norbert Linke, Director of QLab, the National Quantum Laboratory at the University of Maryland.
“QuEra’s decision to establish an office in Discovery District Maryland strengthens our growing quantum hardware cluster and brings a powerful new neutral-atom platform into Maryland’s expanding ecosystem,” said Dr. Corey Stambaugh, Director of the Capital of Quantum. “This is exactly the kind of industry–university partnership we’re building—connecting leading companies with UMD talent, research capabilities, and nearby federal partners to accelerate innovation and grow the region’s quantum economy.”
