Our collaboration with Beeks reflects a principle that has long shaped Kraken’s approach to market structure: fair and open access to trade infrastructure.
Why colocation is a game changer
For latency-sensitive strategies, execution quality is a function of speed.
Beeks Financial Cloud colocation allows traders to place their infrastructure in close proximity to Kraken’s trading infrastructure. By reducing the physical distance that market data and order messages must travel, they achieve more consistent and predictable performance.
This type of setup has long been the norm in traditional financial markets. But access to this infrastructure has been more limited in crypto. Our colocation offering was introduced to make this type of environment more widely accessible to merchants who need it.
Performance that counts in practice
Through our colocation offering with Beeks in London, merchants can access a typical round trip time (RTT) within the same region of about 200 microseconds.
This makes the setup particularly well suited to traders looking for ultra-low latency performance in a single region without having to build or manage their own cross-connect infrastructure.
For market making, systematic trading, and other API-based strategies, this reduction in latency can have a significant impact on the quality and consistency of execution. This also makes it possible to respond to one of the rare constraints that cannot be optimized by software alone: the physical distance from the central office.
Designed so everyone can access low-latency performance
Our colocation service is available for trading activities that rely on low latency access, whether those transactions are carried out by individuals or institutions.
For institutions, it provides infrastructure aligned with the performance standards expected in advanced electronic trading environments.
For people running sophisticated algorithmic strategies, it provides access to the same low-latency environment through a more streamlined setup.
The goal is simple: make low-latency infrastructure available in a fair and open manner to traders who need it.
Strengthening our approach to market access
Our colocation offering with Beeks reflects a broader vision of how exchange infrastructure should evolve: performance and access matter.
As the market continues to mature, individual and institutional traders increasingly expect infrastructure capable of supporting sophisticated strategies and high-performance execution. Kraken’s colocation offering helps meet this need while remaining consistent with one of the fundamental principles of the exchange: fair and open access to the market.
It’s not just about adding another high-performance capability. It’s about making this infrastructure available in a way that supports both individual and institutional business activities.
Gordon McArthur, CEO of the Beeks Group: “It has been great working with Kraken over the past year, supporting the deployment of colocation services in the digital asset market. Kraken’s focus on fair and open access to infrastructure closely aligns with our goal of more equitable access.”
“By making high-performance, low-latency environments more accessible, the Kraken offering helps a broader range of participants benefit from consistent and fast execution. As the market continues to mature, it will be increasingly important to offer this level of fairness, accessibility and performance.”
Getting started with colocation on Kraken
Our colocation environment with Beeks is available today for those who need low latency access to support their strategies.
Whether you trade as an individual or as an institution, our colocation offering provides access to a low-latency trading environment designed for modern electronic markets.
To learn more or get started, visit the Beeks roommate page.
For those with more specific technical requirements, we also offer the ability to deploy physical hardware and directly access colocation services. For institutional setup questions or to discuss these options in more detail, please contact your Institutional Relations Manager or contact our institutional team.
