Oracle cloud customers will soon be able to add quantum computing to their subscription after the vendor signed a multi-year deal with commercial quantum company Quantinuum.

The deal will see a quantum service offered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), providing access to Quantinuum’s 98-qubit trapped-ion Helios computer without users needing to install dedicated hardware.

Mahesh Thiagarajan, EVP of OCI, said: “We want to give developers a practical and secure way to explore how quantum computing could complement their existing AI and HPC workloads… while improving compute efficiency and energy use.”

The service will let users use the more powerful compute system for real-world applications such as financial modeling, drug discovery and advanced research into areas like materials science.

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