As of yesterday, the Polytechnic University of Turin is home to the first IQM quantum supercomputer in Italy, one of only 12 in the world. Based on qubits rather than traditional bits, the new calculator - named "Lagrange" - enables complex operations to be performed in reduced time and with extremely low energy consumption, similar to that of recharging an electric car at home. The project, with a total value of more than 2 million euros, is a collaboration between the Politecnico, INRIM (National Institute of Metrological Research) and the Links Foundation, with support from the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation. The supercomputer could revolutionize strategic sectors such as cryptography, pharmacology, logistics, finance, Artificial Intelligence, aerospace and defense. "It is a machine capable of evaluating different scenarios simultaneously and arriving at the optimal solution," explained Rector Stefano Corgnati. The system operates at temperatures close to absolute zero and will be usable by about 100 researchers, faculty and students of the master's program in quantum computing already active at the polytechnic. For Alessandro Landra, designer of the quantum processor, this is a dream come true: "Ten years ago I used quantum computers only abroad, now it will be possible to do it here in Turin”.