RacQ will be shown in action at next week’s Dell Technologies World Show in Las Vegas.
Irish quantum computing startup Equal1 has launched the next iteration of its server technology to be deployed, integrated and used in data center infrastructure.
‘RacQ’ is described as the “next generation” of the company’s ‘Bell-1’ server and is said to be “the world’s first silicon-spin quantum wearable computer designed to fit inside a 19-inch data rack”.
According to the Dublin-based company, RacQ is designed to use hybrid quantum-classical computing, where classical and quantum technologies work together as a single system to improve efficiency and impact, in “high-impact” applications such as investment risk analysis, simulation of construction materials and supply chain optimization.
“For almost every organization, quantum computing remains out of reach, confined to labs,” said Jason Lynch, CEO of Equal1.
“We’re changing that. We’re putting quantum inside the rack so customers can install it, plug it in and start running hybrid quantum-classical workloads in days, using the infrastructure they already have.”
The RacQ configuration is optimized for use in standard data centers, according to Equal1, with power requirements, cooling methods, weight and footprint sizes designed to be accessible to mid-sized operators working with “existing server stacks” or specialized high-performance “nodes”.
The system architecture, according to the company, is built using standard semiconductor processes and is powered by ‘UnityQ’, “an breakthrough quantum system-on-chip that will integrate a complete quantum system into a single silicon package”.
RacQ will be shown in action at next week’s Dell Technologies World show in Las Vegas through a research collaboration between Equal1 and Dell to explore how hybrid quantum-classical computing can work within existing data center environments.
Equal1, founded in 2017 at University College Dublin, claims that quantum computing using conventional silicon is a way to overcome the challenges posed by AI to the power and cost of traditional computers.
RacQ’s predecessor server Bell-1, launched in March 2025, was at the time claimed to be the first quantum computer made in Ireland, and the world’s first silicon-based quantum server designed for data centers and high-performance computing.
In January of this year, the company raised $60 million in a funding round led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. In April, Equal1 said it would partner with California-based quantum infrastructure software developer Q-Ctrl to install rack-mounted quantum computers in enterprise data centers, and with French computer company Bull to help “advance the next generation of hybrid quantum-classical technologies and European solutions”.
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