Germany inaugurates IBM's first European quantum data centre

Ehingen, Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday inaugurated US firm IBM s first quantum data centre in Europe, saying Germany was aiming to be at...

Ehingen, Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday inaugurated US firm IBM's first quantum data centre in Europe, saying Germany was aiming to be at the forefront of the revolutionary technology.

The centre -- IBM's first outside the United States, and located in Ehningen, near Stuttgart -- will allow dozens of European companies and research institutes to gain access to its quantum systems.

While still in its early stages, scientists believe that super-fast quantum computing will eventually be able to power innovation in a range of fields, from smarter encryption software to artificial intelligence.

Scholz hailed the data centre as "good news for Germany", adding that Europe's biggest economy needs such "key technologies".