Investment in the millions
Research center for quantum computing planned in Darmstadt
Researchers in Darmstadt want to find out how quantum computers can be used sensibly in science and industry in the future.
To this end, a Center for Applied Quantum Computing (ZAQC) is to be established there at the beginning of next year with financial support from the state of Hesse.
Digital Minister Kristina Sinemus (CDU) and Science Minister Angela Dorn (Greens) signed a letter of intent to this effect in Darmstadt on Friday. According to the agreement, the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) will receive a total of over 3.1 million euros over the next four years to set up the center.
"The knowledge of research and the skills of industry will be brought together here. Darmstadt will thus become an important location for a pioneering technology," said IGD Institute Director Dieter Fellner. Dorn spoke of a contact point for researchers from all over the world. Sinemus saw the move as a "basis for securing Hesse's competitiveness in the future".
According to the information provided, the four ZAQC researchers will primarily gain experience in working with hardware in the future. To this end, they will use a quantum computer from the Fraunhofer Competence Network Quantum Computing, which is located in Ehningen near Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. There are no plans to build a new quantum computer in Darmstadt. Quantum computers are a new generation of mainframe computers that are used where the performance of supercomputers is no longer sufficient. Scientists want to use them to better understand climate change or pandemics, for example.
The state has committed to supporting this technology in its 'Digital Hesse' strategy paper. The Fraunhofer Competence Network Quantum Computing consists of regional competence centers in a total of seven federal states, each with its own research focus.
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