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State of the Art Colocation Data Centre, Chicago Il

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) DC3 Aurora data centre facility in Illinois, Chicago, is over 428,000 square feet and served by two 138,000 volt transmission quality utility services from two separate generation plants.

This is through a privately owned and operated substation that provides for up to 92 MW of redundant power (184 MW of total power).

Based on a Tier 3 design, the CME colocation facility in Aurora, IL offers ample power and additional security, fire protection, and infrastructure enhancements. This provides greater assurance of operational reliability and protection for your components and reduces the likelihood of connectivity going down — a necessary feature in the trading industry.

Chicago, Il, DC3 Data Centre Address:

2905 Diehl Rd, Aurora, IL 60502, United States

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  • Colocation Hosting

    Allowing you to make full use of our low latency data centre connectivity network while supplying your own bespoke hardware.
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  • Virtual Private Server (VPS)

    Low latency, resilient, enterprise class virtual machines with VM Ware that provide flexibility and low latency, rock-solid infrastructure solutions.
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  • Dedicated Server

    Direct connectivity to our ultra-low latency trading network for financial institutions with the need for a dedicated infrastructure delivering greater computing power.
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Why the Chicago CME Aurora DC3 Data Centre?

Where you host your hardware is important if you want to compete in capital markets.

The data centre location affects everything from the scalability of your operations, access to market data sources, and operating costs — but most importantly, it enhances and protects mission critical workloads. The CME Group data centre was built and optimised with this in mind.

Secure Environments

With a number of network security measures in place and seven layers of physical security from server to property, the CME data centre offers maximum security and greater power redundancy against physical and cyber attacks.

The CME DC3 data centre has strong cages that offer protection against physical attacks, such as environmental disasters.

Access to Key Trading Venues

The CME Chicago colocation data centre in Chicago is a leading colocation hub for the financial services industry because it offers direct access to major trading venues and ecosystems, including CME Globex through CME GLink.

Virtual Cross Connects

The CME colocation facility offers connectivity via direct virtual cross connects within shared exchange and execution venues, allowing faster access to our global network.

Beeks offers global reach with 400+ virtual cross connects in major finance hubs across 200+ trading venues. CME cross connects are also available to other campuses across the country, including Equinix NY5 and Equinix NY4.

Dedicated Server, VPS, or Colocation

Whether you need the space, power, and resources that a dedicated server provides or prefer a Chicago VPS because of its flexibility or colocation hosting because of its reliability, you get the full benefits of on demand compute at the CME DC3 data centre in Chicago, Il.

Our CME Aurora VPS, colocation, and dedicated server solutions can be scaled according to your needs.

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Why Beeks?

The Beeks vision is simple: We want to provide our clients with scalable infrastructure for trading applications that can be rapidly deployed in key regions worldwide.

We have solutions used by a range of clients, from individual traders and brokers to major trade exchanges and financial institutions.

Our technical knowledge and vast global cloud network enable us to provide this with speed and reliability via Wide Area Networks (WAN)Private Networks, and Cross Connects.

Along with our CME colocation services, we also offer Exchange and ExecutionMicrowave and PTPManaged Cloud, Analytics, and Proximity Cloud solutions.

Exclusive to the Financial Industry

For financial service providers and enterprises, strategically located data centres and solutions that can withstand the demands of trade and capital markets are essential.

Beeks solutions are designed exclusively for the financial industry with premium connections to major Forex & Futures exchanges and Trading Venues.

Faster Time to Market

By reducing barriers to entry and offering a wide range of connectivity options directly connected to our cloud, like Proximity Cloud, we reduce the cost and time to market for financial enterprises and institutions.

Analytics & Insights

Beeks Analytics offers access to system performance analytics and actionable insights to help you identify bottlenecks, understand power capacity issues, and verify new system roll-out performance.

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Cross Connects

  • CME
  • Rithmic
  • Trading Technologies

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