CME Group Unveils Compute Futures Contracts

CME Group is expanding its derivatives lineup to include compute futures contracts tied directly to commercial GPU rental costs.

The company, along with Silicon Data, plans to launch two new contracts on October 5, 2026, pending regulatory review. The products will list under NYMEX rules and provide standardized exposure to changing rental costs for high-performance computing hardware.

The contracts will track rental prices for Nvidia H100 and Blackwell B200 graphics processing units through Silicon Data indexes. Each contract will represent one month of GPU rental costs based on pricing benchmarks published regularly by Silicon Data.