PsiQuantum has unveiled plans for a quantum computer based on photons, housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory: 100 stainless steel cabinets, cooled with liquid helium, just a few degrees above absolute zero. The promise is one million qubits — a figure that sounds like science fiction today. The machine is real, concrete, and opens an alternative path to IBM and Google's approaches.
Why does this matter for Italy and Europe? Because quantum computing is not just a technical challenge: it's the next critical infrastructure. Whoever controls quantum computers will control cryptography, materials simulation, logistics optimization, drug discovery. Today the center of gravity is between the US and China. Europe is playing catch-up; Italy even more so. Italian SMEs, already struggling with basic digitalization, risk being excluded from a technological leap that could make current cybersecurity systems obsolete. We see every day companies with plain text passwords and never-configured backups — imagine what happens when a quantum algorithm can break RSA in seconds.
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Our stance is clear: Europe cannot afford another chip.
We at Meteora Web have seen the digital divide up close, working with businesses in Southern Italy that deserve A-grade technology, not B-grade. Quantum computing is the chance to break the dependency, but it requires an industrial plan, not scattered funding. Buying machines is not enough: we need to train engineers, build startup ecosystems, and integrate post-quantum cryptography into the software we already use. Otherwise, in ten years we will be paying lifetime licenses to whoever invested first, exactly as we do with semiconductors.
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What to do? For developers and SMEs: start studying post-quantum cryptography. For institutions: fund research and education, not just hardware purchases. For everyone: don't wait for the quantum computer to arrive on your server. We at Meteora Web will keep monitoring the evolution and translating it into concrete actions for our clients, because a website or software that ignores future security is a cost, not an investment.
