The Private Equity-Owned Data Center Behind CME’s Massive Outage
Why it matters
A critical data center, owned by private equity, experienced a massive outage, potentially impacting global markets with $25 quadrillion in daily trade volume.
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Expected market reaction
Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 74% confidence.
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- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
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- groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
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- 16189
Original source
About 45 minutes west of downtown Chicago lies a rather unassuming, glass-encased data center that some of the world’s largest markets depend on. By one 2018 estimate, at least $25 quadrillion of notional trade volume passes through the facility every day.
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Original article published by Bloomberg on November 28, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.