Singapore’s National Quantum Office (NQO) and Quantinuum announced a strategic partnership on November 6, 2025, under which Quantinuum will install its Helios quantum computer in Singapore by 2026, making it the first country outside the United States to host the system, according to Quantinuum.
Quantinuum will also establish an R&D and Operations Centre in Singapore to co-develop middleware and applications with local researchers and industry partners. Researchers gained immediate cloud access to Helios capabilities while the physical installation was being prepared.
Initial programs under the partnership target computational biology, bioinformatics, drug discovery, financial modelling, and advanced materials. The partnership includes internships and co-organized workshops to build a pipeline of quantum specialists. NQO Executive Director Ling Keok Tong called the partnership “an important step in building Singapore as a leading quantum computing hub.”