Quantum/Machines/Oracle OCI Helios
USA · planned · Trapped ions
Oracle OCI Helios
Oracle OCI Helios is a trapped ions quantum computer operated by Oracle in USA. It has 98 physical qubits. It ranks 4 of 18 trapped ion machines in this table by physical qubit count. 5 sourced specs are in the spec sheet. No benchmark figures are recorded for it yet.
Also known as Quantinuum Helios in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Multi-year Oracle and Quantinuum partnership announced on 11 August 2026 to put a Helios inside a US-based OCI AI data center, co-located with OCI HPC and NVIDIA GPU clusters, and sell access as a managed OCI quantum service with a preview planned for the coming months. An analyst write-up of the earnings call says Oracle is buying the system outright and that it will be the first Helios in a US data center outside Quantinuum's own facility, with most revenue expected in 2027. Quantum Computing Report quotes about 60 kW draw excluding external HVAC. The data center's state and city are not named, so no site is linked; the hardware design is that of quantinuum-helios, and the Singapore unit is quantinuum-helios-singapore. Access is recorded as both because customers reach the on-premises unit as a cloud service.
Spec sheet
Technical details as the builder or a paper states them, each with its own source. A blank is a fact we could not source, not a zero. Fidelity and coherence figures are in the benchmark table below.
| Spec | Value | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | Quantinuum Helios, 98 physical qubits, QCCD trapped-ion, all-to-all connectivity | Vendor reported | quantumcomputingreport.comnand-research.com | |
| Qubit type | barium-137 hyperfine trapped-ion qubits | Vendor reported | quantumcomputingreport.com | |
| Power draw | 60 kW | Vendor reported | Estimated draw excluding external HVAC, as reported by Quantum Computing Report. | quantumcomputingreport.com |
| Cloud platforms | Oracle Cloud Infrastructure managed quantum service, preview planned | Vendor reported | quantumcomputingreport.com | |
| Access and pricing | Oracle owns the system in a US OCI data center and sells managed hybrid access to OCI customers | Vendor reported | Analyst write-up says Oracle is buying the system outright. | quantumcomputingreport.comnand-research.com |
Timeline
- 2026-08-11: Announced
- 2026-08-12: Status checked: planned
Comparable trapped ion machines
Closest in physical qubit count within the same technology. Counts of different qubit types are not interchangeable across technologies.
| Machine | Operator | Qubits | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantinuum Helios | Quantinuum | 98 | operational |
| Quantinuum Helios Singapore | Quantinuum | 98 | planned |
| IonQ Tempo | IonQ | 100 | operational |
| IonQ Tempo at KISTI | KISTI | 100 | planned |
| Quantinuum H2 | Quantinuum | 56 | upgraded |
| IonQ Superion 256 | IonQ | 256 | under construction |