CME Group Announces Cloud Migration Milestones

CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it has completed initial performance testing for CME Globex in the cloud, reaching new milestones in the ongoing migration of its markets, including:

for trading. * Ahead-of-schedule construction of the Aurora Cloud Region and co-location facility. The facility, which will host Google Cloud's new, industry-first specialized platform to support trading of CME Group markets, is targeted to be available for client testing in mid-2027, in addition to the Dallas disaster recovery facility that has been open for testing since June 2026. * Livestock market migration to the cloud will take place out of the new Aurora Cloud Region in late 2027. Interim relocation to Dallas is no longer necessary. "We are very pleased to be making faster than anticipated progress on our transition plans to migrate our markets to the cloud," said CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy. "Given the accelerated timeline on our Aurora Cloud Region as well as strong initial performance testing, we will deliver the first cloud-based solution for ultra-low latency trading sooner than expected. We will work to ensure our clients can access both Google Cloud-managed services and co-location capabilities in Aurora in late 2027."