The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is gearing up to ask the public what it thinks about futures contracts tied to AI computing power. The CFTC sent a draft request for comment to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for review in mid-August 2026. Once the OMB clears it, a public comment period of 30 to 60 days will follow.
What the contracts actually look like
CME Group announced on August 11, 2026, that it plans to launch two futures contracts on October 5, 2026, built in partnership with Silicon Data, a GPU market intelligence firm.
The products are called the Silicon Data H100 Rental Index Futures and the Silicon Data B200 Rental Index Futures. They track hourly rental prices for Nvidia’s H100 and B200 GPUs, respectively.
Each contract represents one month’s worth of computing power.
