- Wa'ed Ventures invested in Pasqal in January 2023.
- Pasqal's neutral-atom QPU controls 200 programmable qubits and entered active operation after initial deployment in November 2025.
- The QPU is hosted at Aramco's Dhahran data center and provided via a low-latency cloud QCaaS platform.
- Planned use cases include port logistics, CO2 storage optimization, well placement and rig scheduling for energy, materials and industrial operations.
Deployment
Aramco and Pasqal inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer and the Middle East’s first commercial Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) platform, hosted at Aramco's Dhahran data center to provide low-latency cloud access to quantum hardware.
Technology
The system is a neutral-atom quantum processing unit built by Pasqal that controls 200 programmable qubits; Pasqal has been developing hardware and cloud-ready software since 2019 and the QPU entered active operation after an initial deployment in November 2025.
Partnership and use cases
Wa'ed Ventures invested in Pasqal in January 2023; under the partnership Aramco will act as a foundational customer to develop production-ready quantum-hybrid solutions and roadmaps for use cases including port logistics optimization, CO2 storage optimization, well placement, rig scheduling, workforce development, and broader regional access for research and enterprises.
