Quantinuum, Oracle Bring Quantum Computing to OCI

Quantum computing company Quantinuum and Oracle have signed a multi-year partnership to bring quantum computing to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), with Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer set to be deployed at a US-based OCI AI data centre.

The deployment will allow OCI customers to access Helios through a planned OCI quantum service alongside Oracle’s high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU infrastructure. 

The companies will explore hybrid workloads that combine quantum computing with AI and classical computing for applications including drug discovery, materials science, financial modelling, and optimisation.

“We believe the next phase of enterprise computing will be shaped by bringing quantum, AI, and high-performance computing together,” said Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum. “Deploying Helios inside OCI allows Quantinuum and Oracle to create a unique deeply integrated environment for hybrid workloads, explore enterprise use cases with customers, and accelerate commercial adoption.”

Helios, which Quantinuum launched commercially in November 2025, is a 98-physical-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer. The system has been used in demonstrations involving 48 logical qubits and has an average two-qubit gate fidelity of 99.921%, according to the company.

The planned OCI quantum service will give customers access to quantum computing without having to procure or operate dedicated quantum hardware. Oracle said the service is expected to integrate Quantinuum’s development stack with open-source hybrid programming frameworks.

“By bringing Quantinuum’s Helios to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, we want to give developers a practical and secure way to explore how quantum computing could complement their existing AI and HPC workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure while improving compute efficiency and energy use,” added Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Helios will integrate with OCI compute, networking, storage, identity, and data services under the same governance and access controls used by customers, the companies said.

Oracle plans to preview the OCI quantum service in the coming months. The service is expected to allow developers to move from quantum simulation to execution on physical quantum hardware while combining quantum processors with classical compute resources.

Quantinuum also said a single Helios system has an estimated power draw of less than 1% of the power draw reported for leading supercomputers, positioning quantum computing as a lower-power resource for suitable hybrid workloads.

The companies expect the partnership to support enterprise customers as well as AI labs, universities, and research institutions. The initial use cases will span areas where organisations face computationally intensive problems that can be combined with classical HPC and AI workloads.

“As quantum computing moves closer to enterprise adoption, simplifying how organisations access and integrate quantum resources has become just as important as advancing the hardware itself,” said Heather West, Global Quantum Research Lead at IDC. “Deploying quantum systems within private cloud environments enables organisations to integrate quantum computing into existing AI and HPC workflows through familiar cloud infrastructure and development tools.”