CME Group launches semiconductor futures market to let traders hedge AI investments against soaring GPU and computing costs, pending regulatory approval.

Traders will soon be able to bet on computer chip prices as AI drives costs skyward

CME Group signage above the former Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) trading pit in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their artificial intelligence investments with bets on the increasingly expensive price of computing power.Contracts on the new "compute futures market" from CME Group will be based on graphics processing units (GPU) price indexes from Silicon Data, the companie...