Global leaders in cybersecurity, digital identity and IoT have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Post-Quantum Semiconductor and Cybersecurity Center.
The trio including WISeKey International, a global leader in cybersecurity, digital identity and IoT, its subsidiary, SEALSQ Corp and The Republic and Canton of Jura will enter a public-private partnership.
The proposed Jura Center represents an indicative investment of approximately CHF 40-60 million over a period of six years. The initiative is intended to establish a strategic Swiss capability for the design, personalisation, testing and secure provisioning of next-generation post-quantum semiconductor technologies.
At the heart of the project will be SEALSQ’s QS7001 Quantum Shield, a secure semiconductor designed to implement post-quantum cryptographic algorithms standardised by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, including ML-KEM and ML-DSA.
The Jura Center is expected to establish capabilities for cryptographic root-of-trust injection, secure firmware personalization, testing and certification, complemented progressively by ASIC design capabilities.
The project seeks to transfer skills deeply rooted in Jura’s watchmaking and microtechnology industries – including precision, quality control and traceability – into secure semiconductor personalisation, aiming to create 40 direct jobs within two years.
This initiative builds upon the experience of Quantix Edge Security, the EUR 40 million semiconductor design and personalisation center being developed in Murcia, Spain, by WISeKey and SEALSQ with Spanish partners.
The Spanish Government, through the Sociedad Española de Transformación Tecnológica (SETT), committed EUR 19.6 million to that public-private initiative in June 2025. The Jura Center intends to adapt the experience and methodologies developed in Murcia to Switzerland’s specific industrial and sovereignty requirements.
Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of WISeKey, said: “The quantum era is transforming cybersecurity into an issue of technological sovereignty. Switzerland must be able not only to design advanced security technologies, but also to personalize, provision and protect the cryptographic roots of trust inside semiconductors on Swiss soil. The Jura has an extraordinary industrial culture built around precision, reliability and microtechnology. Our ambition is to combine this industrial DNA with SEALSQ’s post-quantum semiconductor technology and create a new strategic capability for Switzerland. We are already applying this model in Murcia, where the initiative generated initial revenue during the second quarter of 2026. Based on this early commercial progress, believe the Jura Center can become an important European center for post-quantum semiconductor security, creating highly qualified employment, strengthening the regional technology ecosystem while reinforcing Switzerland’s technological sovereignty.”
Following the MoU, the parties intend to establish a joint working group to develop the detailed business plan, select the site, structure the public-private financing model, develop academic and industrial partnerships, evaluate Swiss federal and armasuisse opportunities, and establish the regulatory and certification roadmap.
