Borsa Istanbul activated its new data center, planned to meet the growing demands of the markets, as of July 1.
In a statement from Borsa Istanbul, it was noted that the existing data center provides services at international standards, and the new center was designed taking into account the demand from market participants and growth projections for the coming years.
Fast and secure access
The statement emphasized that the new data center will continue to provide fast and secure market access. It included the following expressions: "The cabinets to be activated in the new data center will be put into use with high energy and cooling capacity. The capacity increase is expected to allow more market participants to access this service, positively affecting trading volumes in the markets, contributing to increased liquidity, and further enhancing market quality."
Borsa Istanbul expects many more market participants to benefit from this professional service with the new center.
Contribution to market quality
The established robust infrastructure is expected to directly reflect on market parameters. The goals include accelerating trading volumes with high capacity, contributing to market liquidity through an increase in integrated participants, and improving overall market quality with low latency and access security.
Borsa Istanbul's existing Primary Data Center provides services with cabinets equipped with earthquake-proof kits compliant with seismic levels, a 24/7 secure entry and monitoring system, Tier 3+ compliant cabling redundancy, fully redundant energy and air cooling systems. It also features full-time active Free-Cooling devices, used for the first time in Turkiye. Additionally, 1GB and 10GB network connections directly linking to Borsa Istanbul's trading and data broadcasting systems are available.