QuantWare Pioneers Domestic Quantum Chip Production in the Netherlands
Europe’s New Quantum Frontier
QuantWare has opened the first Dutch factory for quantum chips in Delft, aiming to bring large-scale quantum hardware manufacturing onshore. The move targets supply chain resilience and strategic autonomy for Europe by reducing dependence on overseas foundries and specialized assembly sites.
Scaling Quantum Power
QuantWare is developing chips with an advertised capacity of up to 10,000 qubits using a chip-stacking architecture. Current commercial devices typically offer 100 to 150 qubits on a single planar chip. QuantWare’s stacked approach places multiple qubit layers in a compact module to increase density and interconnectivity without the linear penalties of linking many small processors.
Qubits remain fragile and require precise control and cooling. The stacking method aims to preserve coherence while improving on-chip connectivity, which could help break the recent plateau in raw qubit counts that has limited scaling.
Strategic Investment and Market Impact
Each QuantWare module is reported to cost around
50 million. The company positions these high-capacity chips as an alternative to federating many smaller systems, arguing that integrated high-qubit modules can simplify system architecture and reduce overheads for certain classes of problems.
Financing includes tens of millions in investment, with a
20 million round backed by Dutch investors and the European Innovation Council Fund. That capital is directed at factory build-out, process development, and early production runs.
The Future of Quantum Infrastructure
Domestic production in the Netherlands strengthens Europe’s role in the hardware layer of quantum computing. If QuantWare’s prototypes validate the stacked design at scale, the company could shift cost structures and deployment models for next-generation quantum machines and supercomputers. Widespread adoption will depend on yield, error rates, and integration with control electronics, but the factory marks a significant step toward onshore quantum manufacturing and competitive diversification in the global market.
