Nodal Exchange Holdings Co., Ltd. is seeking to launch artificial intelligence chip computing power futures contracts, and several institutions are also scrambling to lay out similar products. The exchange, which provides electricity futures and options products at hundreds of locations in North America, plans to launch a contract linked to the rental price of Nvidia Semiconductors by the end of this year. The contract will be settled based on an index compiled by data service provider Compute Desk, which summarizes the spot rental prices of Nvidia Blackwell and Hopper graphics processors. Various exchanges want to meet the growing hedging needs of enterprises and help them hedge against the risk of fluctuations in the computing power costs required to build and run AI models. Competition on the AI chip futures trading circuit, which is still in its infancy, is becoming increasingly intense.

Nodal Exchange Holdings Co., Ltd. is seeking to launch artificial intelligence chip computing power futures contracts, and several institutions are also scrambling to lay out similar products. The exchange, which provides electricity futures and options products at hundreds of locations in North America, plans to launch a contract linked to the rental price of Nvidia Semiconductors by the end of this year. The contract will be settled based on an index compiled by data service provider Compute Desk, which summarizes the spot rental prices of Nvidia Blackwell and Hopper graphics processors. Various exchanges want to meet the growing hedging needs of enterprises and help them hedge against the risk of fluctuations in the computing power costs required to build and run AI models. Competition on the AI chip futures trading circuit, which is still in its infancy, is becoming increasingly intense.