CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, announced plans to launch two new categories of futures contracts in late September and early October 2026, expanding its product range beyond traditional and crypto derivatives.
On October 5, 2026, pending regulatory review, CME Group and Silicon Data plan to launch two Compute futures contracts tied to Silicon Data H100 Rental Index and Silicon Data B200 Rental Index. These contracts will track hourly rental GPU costs published by Silicon Data, representing a month’s worth of rent for the Nvidia H100 and the next-generation Nvidia Blackwell B200 chips. The products are designed to help AI developers and hyperscalers hedge the cost of compute, which CME calls “the currency of the AI age.”
Pete Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products at CME Group, said: “Just as oil fueled the 20th century economy and evolved from spot trading into a global derivatives market, our futures contracts will now turn compute into a standardized, tradable commodity that will provide global businesses with a reliable, regulated venue to manage price risk.”
Carmen Li, CEO of Silicon Data, added: “Compute futures give the market something it’s never had: a public, tradable reference price for the resource every AI system runs on.” The new contracts will be listed on NYMEX.
CME Group also announced it will launch the world’s first index-based Hockey futures on September 28, 2026, pending regulatory review. These contracts will track CME FutureSports Performance Indexes based on exclusive real-time National Hockey League statistics beginning with the 2026-2027 season. They will be available in standard-sized contracts valued at 10 times the underlying index and micro-sized contracts at one-tenth the index value.
Tim McCourt, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group, said the contracts will provide a capital-efficient way for fans, sponsors, broadcasters, arena operators, retailers and vendors to manage risk associated with NHL team performance. Steve Byrd, Head of Partnerships at FutureSports, noted that NHL teams generated a record $1.53 billion in sponsorship revenue in 2024-25 and drew more than 23 million fans last season.
