How CME Group builds a faster, smarter exchange on Cloud SQL

Editor’s note: The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has evolved from a nineteenth-century commodities exchange into one of the most advanced financial market infrastructures in the world. To support real-time trading and risk management at a global scale, the company launched a strategic partnership with Google Cloud. By migrating to Cloud SQL and adopting AI-powered insights, CME Group empowered developers, paid down technical debt, and unlocked new opportunities for data-driven innovation across financial markets.

From butter and eggs to bandwidth

CME Group is where risk meets opportunity. Every transaction that happens in our exchange — every order placed, trade executed, or risk calculated — relies on data moving flawlessly and instantly. The integrity of our markets depends on it.

Behind each of those trades is a database storing valuations, ownership, and so much more information, all of which can shift from millisecond to millisecond throughout the day. At our scale, those ...