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    QuEra Computing (UK)

    Company · Harwell

    QuEra Computing UK is the British subsidiary of the Boston neutral-atom computer maker, and its main UK job is a testbed for the National Quantum Computing Centre. Won in the NQCC's £30m testbed competition and announced in February 2024, the machine holds neutral atoms in movable optical tweezers and is designed to shuttle groups of atoms between zones, for experiments on error-corrected logical qubits. In June 2025 the company took more than 3,500 sq ft in the Tech Foundry building at Harwell Campus, a space big enough to house a working quantum computer, as its base for UK and European growth.

    QuEra Computing (UK) is a Harwell company. It leads 1 UK project (Towards an error-corrected neutral-atom quantum computer (QuEra)) and is a partner in 1 more.

    Sources: QuEra: QuEra to build quantum computing testbed in the UK (5 February 2024) · NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition · NQCC: Quantum computing testbeds · Harwell Campus: QuEra Computing opens UK hub at Harwell Campus (3 June 2025)

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    Projects (2)

    Leads (1)

    Partner in (1)

    • Active Programme · 2024 onwards

      NQCC Quantum Computing Testbed Programme

      A £30m programme that paid seven companies to build prototype quantum computers, known as testbeds, at the NQCC in Harwell.

      Role: Partner

      Funding: £30m

      Themes: Computing

    Sources

    1. NQCC: Science Minister announces the results of the £30m quantum computing testbed competition (nqcc.ac.uk)
    2. QuEra: QuEra to build quantum computing testbed in the UK (quera.com)
    3. Harwell Campus: QuEra Computing opens UK hub at Harwell Campus (harwellcampus.com)

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