This was stated by the Regional Minister for Education, Science and Universities, Mercedes Zarzalejo, during her visit to the headquarters of the GMV Group, which is leading this three-year initiative with an investment of €5.3 million.
From both a scientific and economic perspective, the project will drive progress in quantum computing, secure quantum communications, and post-quantum cryptography—technologies expected to transform key sectors such as energy, banking, industry, defense, and cybersecurity. It will also strengthen the region’s technological sovereignty and strategic autonomy, contributing to digital security in an increasingly complex global geopolitical context.
Q-MIND brings together a strong and highly qualified consortium that combines large companies, startups, and leading research centers. Alongside GMV, participants include BBVA and Repsol—benchmarks in the financial and energy sectors—as well as the technology firms GMV Aerospace and Defence, Inspiration Q, Q Dynamics, and QoolNet, and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), with support from university and technology centers such as Tecnalia, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, the Complutense University of Madrid, and the University of Alcalá.
This public-private partnership ensures the scientific, technological, and industrial capacity needed to develop high-impact quantum solutions. The project is part of a program co-financed with European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) resources and aims to bring the quantum revolution from laboratories into the real economy.
Quantum Computer – Polytechnic University of Madrid
Zarzalejo also recalled that, under the “Madrid Region University Region” strategy, the regional government will acquire a quantum computer to be installed at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. This device—the first in Spain to operate from a public university—will serve research centers such as IMDEA institutes and IMIDRA, public bodies such as hospitals, and the business sector, especially SMEs and startups.