Quantum computing company Pasqal has teamed up with Google Cloud to make its neutral atom quantum processing unit (QPU) available through the Google Cloud Marketplace.
Customers using Google Cloud will now be able to use the Pasqal Cloud quantum computing platform as a separate service.
Users will be able to run calculations on Pasqal’s 100-qubit QPU with a pay-as-you-go model.
Pasqal’s quantum computer uses neutral-atom technology and offers a range of analog quantum computational capabilities.
Each qubit is realized with a single neutral atom whose electronic energy levels represent the 0 and 1 states of the qubit. The atoms are trapped into an “atomic registry” using optical tweezers, and computations can then be achieved by shining fine-tuned laser pulses onto the atoms.
The quantum computer can operate at room temperature, which differs from many quantum technologies that require extreme low temperatures to operate.
“Making our QPU accessible on Google Cloud Marketplace is a critical step forward in expanding access to practical quantum resources,” said Loïc Henriet, CEO of Pasqal. “This availability provides researchers and enterprises with the quantum runtime they need directly from their existing cloud environments. It aligns with our commitment to deliver scalable quantum computing through a frictionless model that meets the needs of modern hybrid infrastructures.”
“Bringing Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum processing unit to Google Cloud Marketplace will help customers quickly deploy, manage, and grow the solution on Google Cloud’s trusted, global infrastructure,” said Dai Vu, managing director of marketplace and ISV GTM programs at Google Cloud. “Pasqal can now securely scale and support customers on their digital transformation journeys.”
The news follows a similar announcement earlier this year that Pasqal’s technology would be available via Microsoft Azure, with the company claiming it was the first neutral-atom quantum computer to be offered via Microsoft.
Pasqal was founded in 2019. Its co-founder, Professor Alain Aspect, was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2022 for his work on entangled photons. In January 2023, the company raised $108 million, and has since gone on to install quantum computers in Saudi Arabia and Germany.
Google itself has been exploring the world of quantum.
In December 2024, it debuted its Willow quantum computing chip, claiming the processor performed a standard benchmark computation, that would take 1,025 years on a classical supercomputer, in five minutes.
The company also claimed the chip was able to demonstrate “below threshold” quantum calculations. That means that, when Google added more qubits to the quantum computer, error rates dropped “exponentially.” In the past, more qubits increased the error rate.
Earlier this year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said: “The quantum moment reminds me of where AI was in the 2010s, when we were working on Google Brain and the early progress.
“The progress in quantum is palpably exciting.”
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