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IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute

IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute is a tracked AI data center campus in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. First IBM Quantum System One installed outside the United States, sited at the IBM Deutschland headquarters campus in Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg and operated by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Inaugurated 15 June 2021 by C

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

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IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute capacity claims
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Key facts

energized

Lifecycle

0 GW

Energized

IBM

Developer

Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Location

other

Grid

leased

Land

Reported facts

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

Significance
First IBM Quantum System One in Europe (2021)
Operator
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Users
BMW, Bosch, SAP, Siemens, German universities
Co-located
Same campus as IBM Quantum Data Center Ehningen
Qubit count (launch)
27-qubit IBM Falcon r5.11 processor at 2021 inauguration
Operational since
Inaugurated 15 June 2021; came online January 2021
State funding
Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs approved ~40 million euros (2020-March 2024) for KQCBW and 11 joint projects
Host site
Installed at IBM Deutschland GmbH headquarters campus, Ehningen, Baden-Württemberg
Cooling
Dilution refrigerator cryogenics (mK operating temperature); no water cooling for the quantum stack
Legal operator
Operated by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft under German/EU jurisdiction (first System One outside US)
Competence network
Anchor system for Fraunhofer Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg (KQCBW)
Inauguration
Unveiled by Chancellor Angela Merkel and IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, 15 June 2021

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The deal

operator
IBM

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
other
Interconnection
Water
Quantum processor cooled by a closed-cycle dilution refrigerator to millikelvin temperatures; no water cooling on the quantum stack. Facility HVAC/water draw for the classical control racks is not publicly disclosed.

Why here

IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute sits on leased 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.

Sources

e93fa74c-61a6-498a-aaac-bcc72729ef4d · 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

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Common questions

What is IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute?
IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute 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 System One at Fraunhofer Institute?
IBM is recorded as a party to IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer Institute 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 System One at Fraunhofer Institute?
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 System One at Fraunhofer Institute: AI data center campus record. Retrieved August 26, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/ibm-quantum-system-one-fraunhofer-germany

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