Saudi oil company Aramco and quantum computing company Pasqal have inaugurated a quantum computer in Saudi Arabia.

The first in the Kingdom, the two will offer a Quantum Computing as a Service platform based on the system, which they claim is the first commercial offering of its kind in the Middle East.

The platform will enable customers to access quantum computing capabilities via a cloud-like platform.

Pasqal's quantum computers use neutral atom quantum technology which enables the computer to run at room temperature.

The system is housed at Aramco's data center in Dhahran. The quantum computer was deployed in November 2025. At the time, Pasqal said it could control 200 qubits arranged in programmable two-dimensional arrays and is suitable for advanced quantum algorithms.

Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter, Aramco's executive vice president of technology & Innovation, said: “This quantum milestone belongs to our Saudi researchers, engineers, and scientists. By investing in joint training and research, we are building world‑class quantum expertise right here in the Kingdom—an expertise that will power the next generation of energy solutions, accelerate lower‑carbon fuel development, and enhance reservoir and supply‑chain optimization."

Wasiq Bokhari, Pasqal CEO, added: “Aramco is not just waiting for quantum computing, it is helping to shape it as a global leader. This inauguration is evidence that the most demanding industrial challenges in the world are now being tackled with Pasqal’s quantum processors, software, and specific solutions. For Pasqal, deploying our system for use in Aramco’s business-critical operations, while also being available to the region’s enterprises and research community, is a part of our core mission: to enable practical and secure quantum computing at scale today.”

Aramco's domestic venture arm, Wa'ed Ventures, previously invested in Pasqal in January 2023. Since then, Aramco and Pasqal established a quantum program which worked to find and target challenges that were not addressable by classical computing alone, including port logistics optimization, CO2 storage optimization, well placement, and rig scheduling, among others.

Pasqal was founded in 2019, and its co-founder, Professor Alain Aspect, was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2022 for his work on entangled photons. In March 2026, Pasqal revealed it would go public via a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) merger with Nasdaq-listed Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II.

The company already offers cloud-based access to its QPUs via Scaleway's cloud platform, launched in December 2025, and via the OVHcloud Quantum Platform. Both Google and Microsoft also offer access to Pasqal's neutral atom quantum computer via their quantum platforms.

Earlier this year, Aramco signed a $371 million contract with Saudi Telecom Company to develop HPC infrastructure in the Kingdom as part of Aramco's Upstream Supercomputers Project.

State-owned Saudi Aramco is the world’s largest oil exporter and one of the largest companies by revenue. The company has previously tapped Armada to deploy Edge data centers at its locations, and has previously, along with STC, acquired a 55.4 petaflops Cray supercomputer, dubbed Dammam 7. The supercomputer is located at a Saudi Aramco site. A second supercomputer was deployed by Aramco in 2022, Ghawar-1.