{"id":16544,"date":"2026-05-21T17:02:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qilimanjaro.tech\/?p=16544"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:26:56","slug":"quantum-spain-is-complete-heres-what-researchers-are-already-doing-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qilimanjaro.tech\/en\/quantum-spain-is-complete-heres-what-researchers-are-already-doing-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Spain Is Complete. Here&#8217;s What Researchers Are Already Doing With It"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16544\" class=\"elementor elementor-16544\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09e2bbf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"09e2bbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a48d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19a48d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>MareNostrum-ONA, the quantum computing infrastructure at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS), has completed its technological roadmap with the installation of a new 35-qubit processor, the final milestone of Quantum Spain. The system was built and deployed by Qilimanjaro and GMV, integrated into MareNostrum 5, and has been open to the research community from day one through the Red Espa\u00f1ola de Supercomputaci\u00f3n (RES).<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea4b08 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4ea4b08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c8700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2c8700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The development of the system is part of the Quantum Spain initiative, driven by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service through SEDIA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bb01a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"35bb01a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1508a3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1508a3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af2c86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2af2c86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16554,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/qilimanjaro.tech\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/IMG_6204-1-1.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c3acd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57c3acd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd5581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbd5581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 35-qubit processor at MareNostrum-ONA. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b48f1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b48f1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f24bea elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"8f24bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 256h-80v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8c-88.4 0-160 71.6-160 160v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H96v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8C71.6 32 0 103.6 0 192v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1646751 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1646751\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This system marks the shift from experimental quantum computing to operational quantum computing. Qilimanjaro, together with GMV and BSC, has demonstrated that Spain has the industrial capacity to produce, deploy, scale and maintain real quantum systems in production, integrated into one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe. And above all, accessible from the very first day.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-475dbb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"475dbb8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7972d89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7972d89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Marta P. Estarellas<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b261d10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b261d10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CEO of Qilimanjaro<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9655327 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9655327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e66debf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e66debf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8a315 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed8a315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>The infrastructure is running. Researchers are using it.<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since going live, the RES has granted access to over <\/span><b>45 projects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, accumulating more than <\/span><b>4,000 hours of computing time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The results are already making their way into the scientific literature, with three recent studies that\u00a0 illustrate how broad and practical that usage already is.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once MN-ONA was operational, Mar Tejedor and Dr. Rosa Mar\u00eda Bad\u00eda from the Workflows and Distributed Computing group at BSC, alongside Dr. Alba Cervera and Berta Casas, developed <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/10.1145\/3731599.3767547\">Qdislib<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>.<\/strong> This library for distributed quantum circuit cutting decomposes large circuits into smaller subcircuits and runs them in parallel across CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs, designed to work seamlessly within hybrid quantum-classical HPC environments like MareNostrum-ONA.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One year later, the Workflows and Distributed Computing group published new results regarding the development of a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2604.26788\">Quantum Circuit Cache<\/a>.<\/strong> This system detects semantic equivalence across quantum operations to eliminate redundant computation in large-scale hybrid workflows. Evaluated on the 35-qubit QPU of MareNostrum-ONA, it achieved an <b>11.2x speedup<\/b> on real hardware by bypassing up to 91.98% of redundant subcircuit executions.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A research team co-led by Dr. Massimiliano Ferrara, Dr. Santiago Forgas Coll, and Dr. Laura S\u00e1ez Ortu\u00f1o with the participation of Dr. Mart\u00ed Sagarra and Valeria Isgr\u00f2 amongst other researchers,applied quantum kernel methods to a real business problem: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchsquare.com\/article\/rs-9509733\/v1\">predicting venture quality in life-science equity crowdfunding<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>.<\/strong> Their work included a direct hardware implementation on the Quantum Blue QPU at BSC, making it one of the first studies to benchmark results against physical quantum hardware on this infrastructure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work also marks a first: the first published article to come out of quantum access granted through the RES.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Dr. S\u00e1ez&#8217;s own words:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d61a2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d61a2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9aae80 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"f9aae80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 256h-80v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8c-88.4 0-160 71.6-160 160v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H96v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8C71.6 32 0 103.6 0 192v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b39f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6b39f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with real quantum hardware at MareNostrum\u2011ONA has been a very valuable experience, especially to validate results beyond simulations. Access to the BSC infrastructure has been smooth and has allowed us to integrate the quantum processor within a hybrid HPC workflow, which is key for moving towards real-world applications. Having this kind of open environment available to the research community is extremely meaningful.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8914fb3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8914fb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b811d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7b811d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Laura S\u00e1ez<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0446819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0446819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0241829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0241829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-001b958 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"001b958\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:16553,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/qilimanjaro.tech\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/image-9.png&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9df73d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9df73d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e4ab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64e4ab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research team, Dr. Massimiliano Ferrara, Dr. Santiago Forgas Coll, and Dr. Laura S\u00e1ez Ortu\u00f1o.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b6eff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54b6eff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac4a86c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ac4a86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e0dc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e0dc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What comes next<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quantum Spain is complete, the infrastructure is open and results are coming out. But there is more coming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MareNostrum-ONA is currently being expanded with a new analog quantum processor, also built by Qilimanjaro, as part of the EuroQCS-Spain node of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. Its inauguration is approaching. For researchers working on optimization and simulation problems, this will open a new set of possibilities on the same infrastructure, one that unifies digital quantum, analog quantum and classical computing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c29b697 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c29b697\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc0ddae elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5cc0ddae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 256h-80v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8c-88.4 0-160 71.6-160 160v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H96v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8C71.6 32 0 103.6 0 192v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e1b8684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e1b8684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reaching 35 qubits at MareNostrum-ONA has been a major step forward for our research. It has allowed us to test significantly larger and more complex problems, while also giving us a much clearer view of how to integrate quantum hardware into our workflows in order to fully exploit the potential of quantum-HPC integration. 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