Quantum Computing Clusters In The Middle East, Asia & Australia

Region

Leading countries / locations

Typical opportunities

Middle East

UAE (Abu Dhabi); Saudi Arabia (Dhahran, Riyadh, Thuwal); Israel (Tel Aviv, Rehovot, Jerusalem); Qatar (Doha)

Government R&D, energy optimization, academic access, benchmarking

East Asia

China (Hefei, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen); Japan (Tokyo, Tsukuba, Osaka); South Korea (Seoul, Daejeon)

Hardware R&D, national supercomputing integration, manufacturing

South / Southeast Asia

India (Bengaluru and national hubs); Singapore; Taiwan (Hsinchu, Taipei); Hong Kong

University subscriptions, hybrid HPC, algorithm research

Oceania

Australia (Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide); New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington)

Hardware ecosystems, national research, commercial pilots

Country / cluster

Anchors and activity

Commercial assessment

UAE — Abu Dhabi

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) Quantum Research Center; superconducting processors and external platform access; ATRC-backed R&D.

Very high: strong applied-research buyer and platform evaluation prospect.

Saudi Arabia — Dhahran

Aramco–Pasqal neutral-atom quantum computer inaugurated May 2026; commercial QCaaS offering for industrial applications.

Very high: energy, materials, industrial optimization; established hardware partner.

Saudi Arabia — Thuwal / Riyadh

KAUST quantum research and foundry initiatives; KACST and national technology programs.

High: academic hardware development and public research.

Israel — Tel Aviv / Rehovot / Jerusalem

Quantum Machines; Weizmann Institute; Hebrew University; national quantum computing programs and ecosystem.

High: sophisticated hardware/control and algorithm partnerships.

Qatar — Doha

Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University quantum-related research; emerging ecosystem.

Selective: verify active computing procurements before outreach.

Türkiye — Ankara / Istanbul

University quantum labs and national research initiatives; quantum ecosystem developing.

Emerging: research and training collaborations.

Country / cluster

Leading institutions / ecosystem

Focus

China — Hefei

USTC, Hefei National Laboratory, Origin Quantum, QuantumCT

Superconducting/photonic computing; national research and industrialization

China — Beijing

Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Tsinghua, Peking University

Research, devices, quantum algorithms

China — Shanghai / Shenzhen

Shanghai quantum research ecosystem; SUSTech and Shenzhen quantum institutes

Photonics, applications, industrial platforms

Japan — Tokyo / Wako

RIKEN; University of Tokyo; national quantum research programs

Superconducting processors, hybrid computing

Japan — Tsukuba / Osaka

AIST, University of Osaka and regional quantum groups

Hardware, quantum-HPC and applications

South Korea — Seoul / Daejeon

KAIST, ETRI, KIST, universities and national quantum programs

Processors, software, national testbeds

Singapore

Centre for Quantum Technologies (NUS); National Quantum Office; A*STAR; National Quantum Computing Hub

National coordination, algorithms, cloud and quantum-safe research

India — Bengaluru

IISc Foundation for QC Innovation, national Quantum Computing Thematic Hub

Computing R&D, fabrication and ecosystem development

India — Chennai / Mumbai / Delhi

IIT Madras/C-DOT, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi NQM thematic hubs

Communications, sensing, materials (not all computing centers)

Taiwan — Hsinchu / Taipei

Academia Sinica, National Tsing Hua University, ITRI

Semiconductors, quantum hardware and controls

Hong Kong

HKUST, University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Quantum information science, photonics, algorithms

Malaysia / Thailand

University and government-backed emerging quantum programs

Early-stage training, research and cloud access

Cluster

Organizations / infrastructure

Commercial opportunity

Sydney, New South Wales

UNSW Sydney, University of Sydney, Silicon Quantum Computing, Diraq, Quantum Australia ecosystem

Silicon spin-qubit devices, hardware benchmarking, university access

Brisbane, Queensland

University of Queensland, Griffith University; PsiQuantum project supported by Australian and Queensland governments

Large-scale photonic hardware, ecosystem suppliers, research partnerships

Melbourne, Victoria

University of Melbourne, RMIT, Monash; quantum computing and sensing startups

Algorithms, materials, hardware engineering

Canberra, ACT

Australian National University; CSIRO and national research links

Research infrastructure and government applications

Adelaide, South Australia

University of Adelaide and quantum technology industry ecosystem

Sensing, photonics, adjacent quantum engineering

New Zealand — Auckland / Wellington

University research and emerging quantum technology networks

Smaller early-stage research partnerships