Italian Court Halts IBM’s €61 Million Quantum Contract in Campania

Insider Brief

• An Italian administrative court has suspended Campania’s €61 million euro contract to install a quantum computing system at the University of Salerno, delaying the region’s planned “quantum valley.”
• The court accepted an appeal from Tea Tek challenging the procurement process, including deadline extensions granted during the bidding, rather than the technical merits of IBM’s proposal.
• The ruling adds to a history of canceled and reissued high-value regional tenders in Campania due to procedural errors, leaving the project’s timeline uncertain.
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An Italian court has halted a €61 million — or about $72 million U.S. — contract to install a quantum computing system at the University of Salerno, stalling the Campania region’s plan to build a “quantum valley” in southern Italy.

The Regional Administrative Court of Naples accepted an appeal challenging the award of the contract to IBM, according…