On June 2, 2025, the Spanish government announced an €8.1 million (~$9 million) investment through the Quantum Spain project to support the deployment and connection of the country’s first quantum computer to the Spanish Supercomputing Network (RES). Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Service Óscar López and Minister of Science, Innovation, and Universities Diana Morant participated in the announcement.
The funding, channeled through the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, was to enable integration of the quantum computer — already installed at BSC-CNS since September 2024 — into the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer and the broader RES. This would allow research groups and industrial sectors across Spain to use the quantum processing capabilities for experimentation and product development.
The government said the investment would eliminate barriers to innovation by providing academia, industry, and the public sector with access to quantum computing that had previously been available mainly through large technology companies at limited scale and high cost. The announcement coincided with the UN International Year of Quantum Science and Technology and the government’s ongoing work on the National Strategy of Quantum Technologies.