Quantum Motion CEO James Palles-Dimmock

Opinion

May 12, 2026

The AI energy crisis is bad. Wait until quantum arrives

How much power a useful quantum computer will consume deserves the same scrutiny now being applied to AI infrastructure

Europe is about to get what is billed as its most powerful quantum computer. Later this year, Denmark expects to bring Magne online, built by Microsoft and Atom Computing and backed by €80m from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and EIFO. 

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James Palles-Dimmock

James Palles-Dimmock is the CEO of UK-based quantum computing scaleup Quantum Motion.

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