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Roundup: Equinix, Interxion, Peak 10
January 19th, 2011 : John RathEquinix (EQIX) selected by BIDS Trading, Interactive Data extends its footprint to Stockholm with Interxion, Macro Transport selects Peak 10 for disaster recovery. Read More
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Deutsche Bourse Moves to Equinix Frankfurt
January 17th, 2011 : Rich MillerDeutsche Bourse will switch its trading engines to a Frankfurt-based data center owned by Equinix to provide faster trading services to high-frequency traders, Read More
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Spread Connects Carteret, Secaucus Trading Hubs
January 11th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Connectivity providers continue to lay more dark fiber routes between financial data centers in northern New Jersey, seeking ever-faster routes between major financial exchanges.
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What The ‘New Heart of Wall Street’ Looks Like
January 2nd, 2011 : Rich MillerThe New York Times calls North Jersey's financial data centers "the new heart of Wall Street." Here's a glimpse inside these high-tech facilities. Read More
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Speed of Light Constrains High-Speed Traders
December 14th, 2010 : Rich MillerThe speed of light is becoming a bottleneck for high-speed financial traders seeking to expand globally, creating the prospect of expansive networks of data centers in areas where it previously has not made sense to build Read More
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Hibernia Plans High-Speed Trans-Atlantic Cable
September 30th, 2010 : Rich MillerHibernia Atlantic will build a new trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable that will provide faster connections between financial hubs in New York and London to support high-speed trading. Read More
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Lexent Metro Acquired by Lightower Fiber
September 14th, 2010 : Rich MillerMetro fiber provider Lightower Fiber Networks is acquiring Lexent Metro Connect, a leading provider of custom built dark fiber networks in the New York market. The deal expands Massachusetts-based Lightower's network in the active New York/New Jersey market. Read More
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CME Group Opens Chicago Trading Hub
August 23rd, 2010 : Rich MillerThe CME Group has begun operations in a new data center in Aurora, Illinois that will house the servers managing trades on the company's derivatives markets. Read More
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High-Speed Trading Driving Outsourcing Shift
August 23rd, 2010 : Rich MillerThe growing importance of financial trading is driving a long-term trend in which financial services firms will outsource critical data center operations from to third-party data center space, says analyst Larry Tabb. Read More
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