Insider Brief
- Pasqal and MegazoneCloud have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore bringing neutral-atom quantum computing services and solutions to South Korean enterprises.
- The partnership will focus on integrating Pasqal’s QPU technology into MegazoneCloud’s managed cloud services, developing enterprise use cases, and exploring on-premises quantum deployments.
- The collaboration targets quantum computing applications across finance, logistics, biotechnology, and manufacturing sectors in South Korea.
Press release – Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, and MegazoneCloud, South Korea’s leading cloud and AI transformation company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore a series of quantum computing initiatives designed to accelerate enterprise adoption, expand commercial deployment capabilities, and strengthen quantum technology development across South Korea – moving enterprises from pilot to production through managed cloud access, targeted use cases development, and on-premises QPU deployment.
Supported by MegazoneCloud’s enterprise cloud infrastructure, the initiatives aim to support Korea’s broader digital and technological transformation. The MoU establishes a framework for collaboration across the following key areas:
- QPU Integration into Managed Cloud Services: Explore the integration of Pasqal‘s full-stack neutral-atom Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) technology, including Quantum Software Development Kits (QSDKs), within MegazoneCloud’s managed cloud service portfolio, enabling Korean enterprises to access quantum workloads through a trusted domestic cloud provider.
- Enterprise Use Case Development: Jointly identify and develop quantum computing use cases across four priority sectors, namely finance, logistics, biotechnology, and manufacturing, through enterprise seminars, technical workshops, and co-developed solution demonstrations.
- On-Premises QPU Deployment: Pursue dedicated on-premises QPU deployment opportunities at domestic customers and integration with high-performance computing (HPC) centers, to help strengthen South Korea’s hybrid classical-quantum computing capabilities and ecosystem.
Pasqal’s neutral-atom systems already support 25+ commercial use cases for global enterprises across oil & gas, financial services and materials science. MegazoneCloud’s clients will now be able to access that same industrial-grade capability domestically.
Wasiq Bokhari, Pasqal CEO, said: “South Korea is one of the world’s most advanced technology economies, and its enterprises are heavy users of cloud computing and are ready for quantum. This MoU with MegazoneCloud is the foundation for a commercial partnership that will drive adoption, putting Pasqal’s neutral-atom hardware where it matters most: inside enterprise workflows, at scale, through a platform Korean organizations already trust.“
Joo-wan Lee, CEO of MegazoneCloud Corporation, said: “MegazoneCloud has built its leadership by delivering what is next before it becomes expected. Quantum computing is the most consequential infrastructure investment a Korean enterprise can make over the next decade, and this MoU with Pasqal positions our clients to move today, with confidence, and through a partner of global standing.”
