QuNorth said Magne, the logical-qubit machine it is buying from Microsoft and Atom Computing, would be ready for its first tasks by the new year 2026/27.

QuNorth said this on 2025-07-17. The Ledger scores it on 2026-12-31, against criteria fixed on 2026-09-23.

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What was said

Construction of Magne will begin in autumn 2025, and the computer is expected to be ready for its first tasks by the new year 2026/27.

press release, QuNorth, 2025-07-17

Archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20250717161439/https://qunorth.com/news/eifo-and-the-novo-nordisk-foundation-acquire-the-worlds-most-powerful-quantum-computer/

How it is scored

Resolves VERIFIED if, by 31 Dec 2026 (plus grace), Magne is installed in Copenhagen and has run its first user or research workloads, reported by QuNorth, Microsoft or Atom Computing plus independent reporting. Commissioning and acceptance testing are not first tasks. PARTIALLY_VERIFIED if the machine is installed and running acceptance tests but no workloads by the deadline. NOT_VERIFIED if it is not installed.

Sources that will settle it: https://qunorth.com/news/, https://novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/, https://thequantuminsider.com.

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