Borsa Istanbul enables real-time, global market data access

Borsa Istanbul delivers faster, more resilient market data access

Borsa Istanbul harnessed Equinix’s digital services to establish a new virtual point of presence (PoP) in London, serving international customers more efficiently by making critical data accessible across secure, stable networks.

High-performing markets require high-performing networks

As Türkiye’s sole exchange entity, Borsa Istanbul needed to provide a secure and reliable platform for trading financial assets. The organization wanted to make it easier for members outside Türkiye to access market data in real time. For many of its customers, London was the hosting location of choice due to the city’s access to European markets.

However, leasing fiber optic lines to connect Türkiye and London was not cost-effective and would also take considerable time to set up. To support its international customers, Borsa Istanbul wanted to create an affordable, flexible and resilient network for secure data exchange in Europe’s key financial trading hub, with simplified management and maintenance.

Transforming connectivity with a fully virtual PoP

To deliver market data between Türkiye and Europe’s dominant financial services hub, Borsa Istanbul has deployed redundant Equinix Fabric® exchange ports in an Equinix data center in Istanbul, connected to its own Türkiye data centers by resilient fiber lines. The Equinix Fabric ports connect to Equinix Network Edge virtual routers in London, with each device routing traffic to exchange members, market data vendors and network service providers on London campuses.

Since many of its customers already have a presence in Equinix data centers in London, the exchange provides virtual connectivity to market data in those locations. Tailored digital infrastructure services connect Borsa Istanbul’s private infrastructure in Türkiye with Equinix facilities in Istanbul and London.

Future-proofing for continued growth

With this digital services model, Borsa Istanbul can easily add connections for new members while leveraging access to a broad potential customer base in the global Equinix ecosystem. It can also pursue opportunities to expand into new regions to meet clients’ requests.

Equinix’s solution helps Borsa Istanbul to fulfill its mission of providing a reliable, transparent, effective, fair, innovative, competitive and sustainable trading platform for all investors. Streamlining real-time data distribution to European financial markets enables flexible and scalable market data distribution. Partnering with Equinix also furthers Borsa Istanbul’s commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

Benefits

Cost-effective data transfer

Equinix digital services use an OPEX-based cost model, reducing barriers to entry and saving Borsa Istanbul the stress of maintenance costs and refresh cycles.

Fast provisioning of network connections

The exchange can provision network services for international customers in Europe’s key financial trading hub nearly instantaneously via the Equinix portal.

Stable, resilient virtual networking

With dedicated, private interconnection and redundant network services, the solution provides built-in resiliency and business continuity.

Secure, private transit for sensitive financial data

Borsa Istanbul can transmit financial data securely to exchange participants, protecting data privacy and meeting regulatory requirements.