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What I say in the video
Here's what the big countries promised to spend on quantum.
Britain: 2.5 billion pounds over ten years.
Germany: 3 billion euros over four years.
South Korea: about 2.3 billion dollars by 2035, partly private.
America: close to a billion dollars, every year.
China's 138 billion dollars? A fund for all kinds of tech.
Nobody knows how much of it is quantum.
India: 6,000 crore rupees through 2031.
And India's largest quantum computer is planned for Andhra Pradesh.
Different money, different years. Nobody's winning on paper yet.
In plain words
How much are governments really spending on quantum computing? I compare the national quantum budgets of the UK, Germany, South Korea, the United States, China and India, and why the headline numbers can't be compared directly.
- UK: £2.5 billion over 10 years (National Quantum Strategy)
- Germany: €3 billion over 4 years (2023-2026 action plan)
- South Korea: about $2.3 billion by 2035, partly private
- United States: close to $1 billion per year (National Quantum Initiative)
- China: the $138 billion fund covers many technologies; the quantum share is unknown
- India: ₹6,000 crore through 2031 (National Quantum Mission), and India's largest quantum computer is planned for Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh (IBM + TCS)
Different currencies, different time spans, different sources of money: nobody is winning on paper yet.
Sources are in the pinned comment.
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