Many remarkable things happened yesterday in the field of European technology. However, not all of them involved the King of Sweden – and Quantum.
Seeing the representative of such a traditional office coupled with the most advanced groundbreaking technology almost causes a certain amount of cognitive dissonance. Nevertheless, His Majesty King Carl XVI took. Gustaf attended the inauguration of the second House of Quantum building in Delft, Netherlands on Wednesday.
House of Quantum's mission is to create a national campus for the Dutch quantum ecosystem. It is a co-working space that also offers plug-and-play labs and other facilities that would otherwise be difficult to access for individual startups.
His second building, DT01, welcomed its first members Q*Bird (who just has launched a Quantum Key Distribution test with the Port of Rotterdam), Equal1, OPNT, Xairos and Qblox. Other existing members include Single Quantum, Orange Quantum Systems and QuantrolOx.
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The first House of Quantum building opened just last year. “The rapid growth of the House of Quantum demonstrates once again the importance of continuing to invest in quantum technology,” said Jesse Robbers, Director of Industry and Digital Infrastructure at Quantum Delta NL.
QDNL and QSIP
House of Quantum is part of the Quantum Delta NL initiative. This is an ecosystem based on three catalyst programs: quantum computing and simulation, a national quantum network and quantum sensing applications. In addition, five innovation centers in the Netherlands are supported: QDNL Delft, QDNL Amsterdam, QDNL Leiden, QDNL Eindhoven and QDNL Twente.
It will also open campuses in the other hubs mentioned above in the future. In addition, QDNL sits on the board of QSIP – Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform, an initiative to support the growth of a Swedish, globally competitive and attractive quantum industry, which was only founded in November last year. QDNL is funded by the Dutch National Growth Fund with 615 million euros from the dedicated quantum program.
The Netherlands initially founded one National Quantum Agenda in 2019. It took until last year for the Swedish Innovation Council to release Vinnova a report to the conclusion that Sweden needs one at all. Royal attention aside, we hope it's not too late for the Nordic country as quantum technologies continue to reach one milestone after another around the world.
