DCS said that latencies under 3.3 milliseconds will be achieved for the Frankfurt-Amsterdam connection, under 4.5 milliseconds for Paris, under 40 milliseconds for New York, and under 49 milliseconds for Chicago.

DCS claimed that the connections combine the geographic routing paths with different routing options and the latest optical transmission techniques.

Michael Girg, director of networks support at Deutsche Borse Systems, said: “With the rapid expansion of its new ultra low latency network, Deutsche Borse is strengthening its position for latency-sensitive financial market connections.

Feedback on our latency optimization initiative from clients existing and new has been extremely positive thus far, confirming our view that such investment in new technology truly provides a benefit to our clients.”