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New futures expand CME’s revenue pool via listing, trading fees, and clearing; a tradable benchmark for AI compute costs could attract AI developers and hyperscalers, boosting volumes similar to how commodity benchmarks expanded financial markets in the past.
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CME Group and Silicon Data plan to roll out two compute futures on Oct 5, 2026, pending regulatory approval. The H100 Rental Index Futures and B200 Rental Index Futures will track Silicon Data’s hourly GPU rental costs for Nvidia H100 and Blackwell B200 GPUs, providing a tradable benchmark for enterprise compute spend and risk management. The move could lift CME volumes and offer a new hedge for AI infrastructure expenses.
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