We like to think modern markets are ultra-sophisticated, but CME's recent outage was triggered by something as basic as a data center cooling issue. The result was a very modern failure, though: some of the world's most liquid futures and options markets went quiet all at once. When a single vendor issue can pause price discovery in energy, rates, and commodities, you are not running a global market; you are running a very elaborate single point of failure. Risk teams endlessly tune models and margin, while one of the most significant risks sits in the server room and basic infrastructure that keeps the whole thing running. Market structure is no stronger than its least redundant piece of infrastructure, and this episode puts operational resilience firmly in the category of core market risk, not back office plumbing.
TL;DR
🧠 A cooling issue at a data center halted CME futures and options
⚡ Outage disrupted some of the most liquid global markets
🎓 Operational resilience is part of market risk, not a separate problem
🔍 Concentrated infrastructure creates hidden single points of failure
#CME #riskmanagement #marketstructure #operations #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity #infrastructure #datacenters
https://www.wsj.com/finance/cme-options-futures-trading-halted-amid-data-center-issue-16e96ed1
