Pasqal, MegazoneCloud Sign Korea Quantum Cloud MoU To Push QPU Into Enterprises
Pasqal and MegazoneCloud signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate the French firm's neutral-atom Quantum Processing Units into Korea's leading cloud platform, targeting finance, logistics, biotech and manufacturing customers.
Key Takeaways
Pasqal and MegazoneCloud signed an MoU on July 7 to integrate Pasqal's neutral-atom Quantum Processing Units into Korea's leading cloud platform for finance, logistics, biotech and manufacturing customers.
The deal covers three workstreams: managed cloud access to Pasqal's QPUs and SDKs, joint use-case discovery via seminars and demos, and dedicated on-premises QPU deployments plus Korean HPC center integrations.
Pasqal runs 25+ commercial use cases with Aramco, CMA CGM, OVHcloud, Thales, IBM and Sumitomo, and has raised over $300 million ahead of a Nasdaq listing via Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (BBCQ).
MegazoneCloud brings 2,000+ cloud and AI engineers and 8,000+ enterprise customers across 10 countries, including Samsung, LG and Lotte, plus an exclusive NVIDIA distribution agreement in Korea.
The MoU follows Pasqal's June partnerships with CINECA in Italy and Crédit Agricole CIB in France, extending its global enterprise quantum push.
Kaan Tınmaz
Pasqal is pushing its neutral-atom quantum computing hardware into South Korea's largest enterprises through a new domestic cloud partner. The Paris-based quantum firm and MegazoneCloud, South Korea's leading AI-native cloud company, announced on July 7 a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly deliver industrial-scale quantum workloads — from managed cloud access to on-premises Quantum Processing Units — to Korean finance, logistics, biotechnology and manufacturing customers.
Three pillars: cloud QPU, use cases, on-premise
The MoU covers three concrete workstreams. First, Pasqal's full-stack neutral-atom QPU technology and Quantum Software Development Kits will be integrated into MegazoneCloud's managed cloud services portfolio, letting Korean enterprises run quantum jobs through a trusted domestic provider. Second, the two companies will jointly identify use cases across four target verticals through enterprise seminars, workshops and co-developed demonstrations. Third, they will pursue dedicated on-premises QPU deployments and integrations with Korean high-performance computing centers.
From pilot to production
Pasqal already runs more than 25 commercial use cases with global names including Aramco, CMA CGM, OVHcloud, Thales, IBM and Sumitomo, and has raised more than $300 million ahead of a Nasdaq listing via Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (BBCQ). MegazoneCloud brings 2,000+ cloud and AI engineers and 8,000+ enterprise customers across 10 countries — including Samsung, LG and Lotte — and has been aggressively expanding into quantum since signing an exclusive NVIDIA distribution agreement in Korea.
Why Korea, why now
"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," Pasqal CEO Wasiq Bokhari said in the announcement. MegazoneCloud CEO Joo-wan Lee framed the MoU as an "infrastructure investment" for Korean clients, positioning them to move today rather than wait for on-shore fault-tolerant systems. The deal follows Pasqal's June partnerships with CINECA in Italy and Crédit Agricole CIB in France, and lands in the same fortnight that Diraq scaled silicon spin qubits on imec's line and Oratomic raised $300M for fault-tolerant neutral-atom systems.
Reporting based on coverage from GlobeNewswire, HPCwire, The Quantum Insider and Data Center Dynamics.
They signed a Memorandum of Understanding on July 7 to jointly deliver industrial-scale quantum workloads in South Korea, integrating Pasqal's neutral-atom QPUs and Quantum SDKs into MegazoneCloud's managed cloud services, co-developing use cases, and pursuing on-premises QPU deployments and HPC center integrations.
Which industries does the partnership target?
The MoU targets Korean enterprises in finance, logistics, biotechnology and manufacturing, developed through enterprise seminars, workshops and co-developed demonstrations.
Who is MegazoneCloud?
MegazoneCloud is South Korea's leading AI-native cloud company, with 2,000+ cloud and AI engineers, 8,000+ enterprise customers across 10 countries including Samsung, LG and Lotte, and an exclusive NVIDIA distribution agreement in Korea.
How established is Pasqal commercially?
The Paris-based firm runs more than 25 commercial use cases with clients like Aramco, CMA CGM, OVHcloud, Thales, IBM and Sumitomo, and has raised over $300 million ahead of a Nasdaq listing via Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (BBCQ).
