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IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen

IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen is a tracked AI data center campus in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. IBM's first quantum data center outside the United States, located on the IBM Deutschland campus at IBM-Allee 1 in Ehningen near Stuttgart. The site started in 2021 as the home of the 27-qubit IBM Quantum System One oper

Energized · IBM · owned · other · Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen capacity claims
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Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

IBM

Developer

Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Location

other

Grid

owned

Land

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Opened
October 1, 2024
Significance
First IBM Quantum Data Center outside the United States
Quantum processors
IBM Quantum Eagle, Heron (upcoming)
European clients
Crédit Mutuel, Bosch, E.ON, VW Group, Ikerbasque, Fraunhofer
Inaugurated by
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Systems
2 Eagle-based at opening, Heron planned
Address
IBM-Allee 1, 71139 Ehningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Predecessor system
Site hosted the 27-qubit IBM Quantum System One installed with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in 2021, the first IBM quantum computer in Europe
Quantum systems at open
Two IBM Quantum Eagle-based systems (127 qubits each) online at October 2024 launch
Heron processor
156-qubit IBM Quantum Heron system added as the third machine, delivering up to 16x performance and 25x speed vs prior generation
Fleet role
IBM's second quantum data center worldwide and first outside the United States, complementing the Poughkeepsie, NY hub
Cryogenics
Each processor housed in its own dilution refrigerator operating near 15 millikelvin
Network reach
Serves 80+ European organizations in the IBM Quantum Network under EU/German data residency
Sovereignty framing
All user and project data remains on German soil under German law and GDPR

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The deal

operator
IBM

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
other
Interconnection
Water
Superconducting-qubit facility; processors run inside dilution refrigerators cooled with helium-3/helium-4 mixtures to near absolute zero. No process water cooling is publicly disclosed for the quantum hardware itself.

Why here

IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen sits on owned in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It connects to the other grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

IBM Ehningen quantum data center investment
$200M press release

Sources

4200d975-c794-4caa-ab50-9c16f9c4c528 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen vs IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute →IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen vs IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute →IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen vs IBM Quantum System One at Yonsei University →IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen vs IBM Quantum System One Kawasaki Japan →IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen vs IBM Quantum Data Center Poughkeepsie →

Common questions

What is IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen?
IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
Who is building IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen?
IBM is recorded as a party to IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen is energized and operating. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/ibm-quantum-data-center-ehningen

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