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IonQ Expands Agreement With QuantumBasel, Secures Ownership Of Next-Gen Tempo System

Benzinga·12/17/2025 21:12:19
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Extension solidifies QuantumBasel as IonQ's Innovation Center in Europe; adds IonQ Tempo and next-generation system to advance quantum commercialization

IonQ (NYSE:IONQ), the world's leading quantum company, today announced an expanded agreement with QuantumBasel, the quantum initiative of uptownBasel, Switzerland's innovation campus. The extended contract grants QuantumBasel ownership of its existing IonQ Forte Enterprise system and secures ownership of a next-generation Tempo system.

This new agreement brings the total deal value of the QuantumBasel and IonQ partnership to over $60 million and extends IonQ's on-site presence in Switzerland four more years, continuing through 2029. QuantumBasel is IonQ's official Innovation Center in Europe, serving as a hub for European industry, academia, and research institutions to explore practical quantum computing applications and access IonQ's latest enterprise-grade systems.

Today's announcement expands on IonQ's growing EU footprint and commitment to accelerating quantum technologies globally including its recent agreement with CCRM Nordic. IonQ announced the completion of the First European Innovation Center at the uptownBasel campus in December 2024, and has since established further partnerships across the EU including Einride in Sweden, the acquisitions of Oxford Ionics in the UK and ID Quantique in Switzerland, and the establishment of IonQ Italia led by Marco Pistoia.