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For the UK, Amazon Web Services' quantum role is cloud access and networking rather than hardware. When its Amazon Braket service expanded to the London region in February 2022, the first processor it offered there was Lucy, an eight-qubit superconducting device from Oxford Quantum Circuits. In July 2023 HSBC's trial on the BT and Toshiba quantum-secured London network included a connection to AWS edge infrastructure, and AWS is a named project partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub led by Heriot-Watt University.
Amazon Web Services is a company in London. It appears as a partner in QCi3, IQN and London Quantum-Secured Metro Network.
Sources: Amazon Braket launches Oxford Quantum Circuits QPU and expands to London region (AWS, February 2022) · HSBC becomes first bank to join the UK's commercial quantum-secure metro network (Toshiba, July 2023) · Integrated Quantum Networks hub (UKRI Gateway to Research)
QCi3
The national research hub for quantum computing, led by the University of Oxford. It works on scalable and networked quantum computers.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Computing, Networks, Software and algorithms
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
A commercial trial of a quantum-secured fibre network in London, run by BT with quantum key distribution equipment from Toshiba.
Role: Partner
Themes: Communications, Networks
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