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World-first Quantum Data Centre to be built by
Cisco and Nu Quantum
The UK Government has awarded Cisco and
start-up Nu Quantum a £2.3 million contract
to deliver a ‘world-first’ quantum data centre
prototype.

The new LYRA data centre aims to deliver 19-
inch rack-mount modules for control-plane and
optical interfacing.
The modular architecture will facilitate in-field
upgrades, allowing users to make modifications
without requiring extensive reconfiguration or
system replacement, and supports various
quantum computer modalities and alternative
wavelengths, enhancing its adaptability to
evolving quantum computing technologies.
The solution incorporates a new high-precision
timing architecture and digital control bus, equipped with up to 78 racks.
allowing the system to scale to support a
The centre will host CPU servers for physics
large cluster of quantum-compute nodes.
data processing alongside a small number of
This scalability is necessary for handling
CPU servers and storage capacity for business
complex computational tasks and expanding
continuity and disaster recovery.
the capabilities of the quantum computing
infrastructure. The need for the new Prevessin site has arisen
Co-founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, Carmen from the increasing rate of data production from
Palacios, states: experiments conducted at the Large Hadron
Collider, and the new data centre will provide
“ LYRA takes the cornerstone quantum networking
much needed additional computing capacity for
units from optical-bench to a deployable,
CERN.
prototype product, capable of supporting test-
bed integration with trapped-ion qubits and The experiments conducted at the Large Hadron
software stacks. “ Collider generate a massive amount of data,
currently around 45 petabytes per week, which is
Reference: Uffinell, R., Tech News, 31st. January
expected to double with the implementation of
the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider.
New French Data Centre to support Large The data generated by the Large Hadron
Hadron Collider
Collider experiments is processed and stored
The European Organisation for Nuclear in the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid, a global
Research, commonly known as CERN, has collaboration involving some 170 data centres
unveiled a new data centre at its Prevessin site in spread across 40 countries. The current storage
France to support the Large Hadron Collider. capacity is around 3 exabytes with a million CPU
cores distributed across the network.
The 6,000 square metre site incorporates six IT
rooms each with a cooling capacity of 2MW and Reference: Uffindell, R., Tech News, 27th. February

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