Pasqal and Scaleway, two European technological giants, announced major integrations with NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q platform on 2026, marking a milestone in the computing industry. Quantum processors are becoming native accelerators in supercomputing infrastructures, changing HPC. These collaborations seek to close the gap between classical and quantum environments so that quantum acceleration can be used in a variety of fields, from scientific study to artificial intelligence.
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Pasqal: Orchestrating Quantum-HPC Workflows
Pasqal, a world leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, disclosed how CUDA-Q is integrated with its Quantum Resource Management Interface (QRMI) runtime. This technical achievement makes it possible to schedule and manage CUDA-Q workloads using normal Slurm-based processes, which serve as the operational foundation of the majority of contemporary HPC facilities. In the past, access to quantum capabilities needed special operating models, which caused enterprise compute teams to encounter difficulties. Quantum processing units (QPUs) are considered as schedulable resources, similar to a typical GPU cluster, according to Pasqal’s novel method.
The CEO of Pasqal, Wasiq Bokhari, claims that this integration is a “practical step toward making quantum acceleration usable at scale” for practical uses in AI, optimization, and simulation. Originating from a cooperative effort by IBM, Pasqal, RPI, and the STFC Hartree Center, the QRMI offers a foundation that is independent of hardware and doesn’t necessitate modifications to fundamental HPC operating models. Pasqal’s QPU will be connected with the Leonardo supercomputer at CINECA in Italy to support native hybrid GPU-QPU applications, marking the technology’s first on-premises deployment.
Scaleway: The European Quantum Cloud Aggregator
Pasqal is on deep architectural integration, whereas Scaleway is revolutionizing cloud-based quantum power access for developers. Scaleway’s Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) platform and the NVIDIA CUDA-Q runtime are fully compatible, as was shown at the NVIDIA GTC conference. Because of this, developers can create CUDA-Q kernels once and have them run smoothly across a range of backends, from actual quantum hardware to high-performance GPU clusters.
Scaleway has made a name for itself as the most potent on-demand platform for state vector emulation. The platform can scale simulations up to 38 noiseless qubits using NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs coupled by NVLink. This feature substantially eliminates the “memory wall” that traditional systems usually experience at 30 qubits, enabling researchers and startups to conduct supercomputing-scale experiments without having to invest a large amount of money.
In addition to emulation, Scaleway functions as a multi-modal quantum cloud aggregator. Developers can access a variety of hardware modalities over a single interface, such as trapped ion processors like the IBEX Q1 from Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT) and superconducting transmon systems from IQM Quantum Computers (like the 54-qubit Emerald system). Scaleway Engineering Manager Valentin Macheret says merging NVIDIA’s HPC capabilities with cloud-native infrastructure simplifies and improves development.
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The Strategic Importance of Digital Sovereignty
The upgrades are essential for Europe’s digital sovereignty, not simply technology. Scaleway, an ILIAD Group affiliate, bills itself as a European sovereign cloud and AI provider with top security. Scaleway and its partners are safeguarding a key component of the next-generation computing stack by offering the first European alternative that combines multi-modality hardware access with large-scale emulation on a single trusted platform.
According to Sam Stanwyck, Director of Quantum Product at NVIDIA, these integrations speed up the testing and scaling of developers’ work by enabling them to investigate novel hybrid applications at supercomputing facilities across the globe. A significant advancement for the developer ecosystem is the capacity to transition from a simulation on an NVIDIA Hopper or Blackwell architecture to execution on a production-grade QPU without changing the code.
A Commercial Path Forward
The announcements in question coincide with strong commercial momentum for the concerned companies. By combining with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II, Pasqal plans to go public and secure at least €340 million in new finance. With more than 275 workers and a clientele that includes BMW, IBM, and Thales, which was Pasqal is growing its Nobel Prize-winning research into an industrial-grade business.
The software and cloud infrastructure required to drive this revolution are provided by the integrations announced today by Pasqal and Scaleway as quantum processors move from experimental labs to become native accelerators in the most potent supercomputers on earth. By utilizing the NVIDIA CUDA-Q environment, these European leaders are making sure that computing will not only be quicker in the future but also more accessible and integrated.
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