In the future, fluctuations in computing power prices can also be hedged, and cloud providers are ecstatic.

Mars Finance reports that the Intercontinental Exchange Group (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has announced plans to launch futures contracts with “computing power” as the underlying asset, to track changes in the computing costs supporting the AI industry—such as GPUs. As of now, the product still requires regulatory approval. It is understood that ICE will work with the financial infrastructure company Ornn to develop a related derivatives pricing framework based on its GPU cost index. This index will be used to support computing power futures contracts.