About a-team Marketing Services

A-Team Insight Blogs

ICE Extends SFTI Wireless Network with Chicago to Tokyo Link

Subscribe to our newsletter

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is working with the Go West trading consortium to add an ultra-low latency link between Chicago and Tokyo to its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) wireless networks. SFTI was acquired by ICE in the break-up of NYSE Technologies a couple of years ago and includes ultra-low latency network connectivity solutions between the New York, Chicago, Toronto and Tokyo metro areas.


The Go West network was created by a consortium of trading firms to generate efficient access to global financial markets by offering the lowest latency route between Chicago and Tokyo. The network uses a system of wireless towers, fibre-optic lines and submarine cables, and will be made available as part of the SFTI network in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Commenting on the addition, Jonathan Reeve, global head of connectivity and consolidated feeds at ICE Data Services, which includes SFTI, says: “As the demand for data capacity, speed and security increases, Go West extends our network’s geographical reach and offers a new alternative for customers that require ultra-low latency connectivity between North American and Asian markets.”

The addition of the Go West network to SFTI follows the acquisition of TMX Atrium by ICE in May 2017 and the extension of the network with a low latency connection – ICE says the lowest latency connection – between the New York, Chicago and Toronto metro areas. 

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Upcoming Webinar: Unlocking value: Harnessing modern data platforms for data integration, advanced investment analytics, visualisation and reporting

4 September 2025 10:00am ET | 3:00pm London | 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 Minutes Modern data platforms are bringing efficiencies, scalability and powerful new capabilities to institutions and their data pipelines. They are enabling the use of new automation and analytical technologies that are also helping firms to derive more value from their data and...

BLOG

XTX Markets Commits €1 Billion to Finnish Data Centre Complex

XTX, the London-based algorithmic trading firm, has announced plans to invest over €1 billion in a major data centre complex in Kajaani, Finland. The project represents one of the most significant data infrastructure investments in the Nordic region to date. The development, spanning 478 acres, will begin with a 15,000-square-metre facility designed to support 22.5MW...

EVENT

RegTech Summit New York

Now in its 9th year, the RegTech Summit in New York will bring together the RegTech ecosystem to explore how the North American capital markets financial industry can leverage technology to drive innovation, cut costs and support regulatory change.

GUIDE

Data Lineage Handbook

Data lineage has become a critical concern for data managers in capital markets as it is key to both regulatory compliance and business opportunity. The regulatory requirement for data lineage kicked in with BCBS 239 in 2016 and has since been extended to many other regulations that oblige firms to provide transparency and a data...