The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking inaugurated Lucy, a photonic quantum computer located near Paris, on April 14, 2026 EuroHPC JU press release on Lucy inauguration. The system, supplied by French company Quandela and German partner attocube, enables computations with up to 12 physical qubits and will be integrated into the Joliot-Curie supercomputer at the Très Grand Centre de Calcul.
Lucy has a total acquisition cost of €8.5 million (~$9.2 million), co-funded equally by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and France. The EuroQCS-France consortium is led by GENCI as hosting entity and CEA as hosting site, with partners from Romania, Germany, and Ireland.
The system is undergoing final calibration and will be available to European end-users through EuroHPC Access Calls. Lucy is the fourth EuroHPC quantum computer to be inaugurated, following systems in Poland, Czechia, and Germany.