Our users

Data center and HPC providers

Access the critical infrastructure software allowing you to seamlessly integrate quantum computers into modern data centers and HPC facilities

Solutions to streamline data center and HPC facility operations

Achieve quantum value through intelligent autonomy

Deploying and operating quantum hardware in data centers is complex, requiring deep expertise to calibrate QPUs, optimally tune performance, and maintain stability through frequent manual interventions. These challenges slow integration, drive up costs, and limit the system’s usable uptime. 

Our users leverage Boulder Opal Scale Up to accelerate deployment and simplify maintenance through intelligent autonomy.  AI-powered infrastructure software delivers rapid calibration, repeatable performance, and streamlined operations without the need for an on-site expert team.  

With Boulder Opal Scale Up IT teams can manage quantum systems confidently, and deliver maximum value to their customers.

Solutions to empower end users

Unlock quantum computing for every user

A significant hurdle in quantum adoption is the specialized knowledge required to program and effectively utilize quantum hardware in hybrid workflows. End users, particularly those without advanced quantum physics backgrounds, find it difficult to meaningfully deploy quantum processors for their problems, and lack awareness of the critical performance-management tasks required to secure useful outputs even from cutting-edge devices. Today, quantum computers are only useful by quantum computing experts - that must change.

Data center and HPC operators use Fire Opal to provide critical virtualization technology enabling end users to abstract away the details of the underlying quantum hardware and program at the problem level.  Through frictionless, automated performance management and tools for hybrid CPU/GPU/QPU workflow orchestration, Fire Opal makes quantum computers a truly useful computational accelerator for any end user, no matter their background.

With a simple integrated option, Fire Opal empowers end users to confidently unlock the full potential of quantum computing

Solution to empower customers and employees

Build quantum competence and empower your users

As data centers and HPC facilities venture into quantum computing, a significant challenge often arises–the unfamiliarity and perceived complexity of this new technology. Teams accustomed to classical infrastructure can face a steep learning curve, leading to hesitation, operational bottlenecks, and missed opportunities that can stall adoption. Without targeted upskilling, even the most forward-looking organizations risk being left behind. That’s where Black Opal comes in.

Our data center and HPC operators can deliver the critical upskilling to train their own workforces and empower their customers to confidently adopt quantum computing. Black Opal demystifies quantum computing through intuitive, engaging lessons built for technical professionals. Whether you're managing infrastructure or supporting next-gen workloads, Black Opal empowers your team with the confidence and capability to make quantum part of your stack.

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Real-world use cases

Digital Catapult

Preparing diverse cohorts with Black Opal for Digital Catapult’s hybrid learning Quantum Technology Programme

Helping Digital Catapult drive quantum computing adoption through education, industry partnerships, and hands-on learning with Black Opal.

4.8

out of 5 average participant rating for the program, including Black Opal, which was also credited with raising participants' confidence in their quantum computing abilities from 3.1 to 4.2 out of 5 by the end of the course.

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The easy-to-use, intuitive Black Opal tool allowed our QTAP participants to quickly get up to speed with quantum computing, ready to trial their real-life business use cases. There was also some great material for participants who were curious to learn more about advanced topics.

Daniel Goldsmith
Senior Quantum Computing Consultant
,
Digital Catapult
Network Rail

Accelerating the schedule for quantum-enhanced rail

Accelerate the usefulness of quantum computing for rail scheduling through custom solution development and performance optimization utilizing Fire Opal.

6X

increase in solvable problem size and accelerated timeline to practical quantum advantage by up to 3 years, now estimated for 2028.

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We were pleasantly surprised to see the optimal routing of 26 trains over 18 minutes of real scheduling data for the full station topology being realised on a real quantum device, which otherwise wouldn’t have been possible without using Q-CTRL’s optimisation solver.

Nadia Hoodbhoy
Principal Engineer
,
Network Rail
Nord Quantique

Nord Quantique is accelerating the path to useful quantum error correction with Boulder Opal

Nord Quantique used Boulder Opal to design a hardware-efficient QEC protocol for a superconducting system where quantum information is encoded in GKP states.

14%

increase in logical qubit lifetime

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Given the complexity of the physics at play, being able to perform closed-loop optimization of a few physically motivated parameters of the quantum error correction protocol with Boulder Opal is very valuable to us.

Dany Lachance-Quirion
VP of Quantum Hardware
,
Nord Quantique
Australian Army

Improving Army logistics with quantum computing

With Fire Opal, the Australian Army tested and validated a quantum computing solution on real hardware that promises to outperform their existing methods.

12X

improvement in the likelihood of finding an optimal solution with Fire Opal over the default hardware execution

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Optimally routing 120 convoys can take more than a month of classical computation. The Australian Army is evaluating the potential of quantum computing to provide improvements; however, it’s been difficult to validate the feasibility of a quantum solution due to hardware noise. With Fire Opal, an algorithmic enhancement software, we are able to achieve results on quantum computers that build confidence in our quantum roadmap.

Marcus Doherty
Australian Reserve Officer
,
Australian Army
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