D-Wave Joins Italy’s ‘Q-Alliance’ Quantum Hub

The initiative provides the Lombardy region of northern Italy with an infrastructure that leverages D-Wave quantum computing. Q-Alliance aims to accelerate scientific discovery, industrial transformation and digital sovereignty.

Based on the Italian government’s framework for digital and quantum technologies, the alliance aligns with the priorities defined by the Interministerial Committee for Digital Transition and with the policy guidelines promoted by Undersecretary of State Senator Alessio Butti.

Q-Alliance operates as an open ecosystem, ensuring accessibility to Italy’s scientific community, academia, and industry. It promotes involvement of young researchers through scholarships, internships, and training programs.

Undersecretary Alessio Butti emphasized that Q-Alliance is not only a technological milestone but also a model of open innovation and cooperation, symbolizing Italy’s leadership in the European quantum transition.

“This is a historic moment for Italy and for the quantum industry. Q-Alliance supports Italy’s mission to become a global epicenter of quantum leadership, accelerating breakthrough research, industrial innovation and the development of a quantum-ready workforce,” said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave.

“D-Wave is the only company in the world building both annealing and gate quantum computing technology. It is also the first company to commercialize quantum computing, with customers around the world using our technology today to run business operations and address highly complex computational problems. We believe D-Wave’s production-grade annealing quantum computing technology will serve as a critical component of the Q-Alliance, fueling quantum application development and adoption now.”