trading platforms network replacement

Trading Platforms Network Replacement

 

Welcome to the network replacement project website. Here you will find key project resources including technical specifications, educational material, key milestones and regular project updates.

The project involves the replacement of network infrastructure supporting ASX Trade and ASX 24.

Latest updates

On Saturday November 15th (ALC) and Saturday November 29th (SDC) ASX will be completing upgrades to the infrastructure that provides aggregation for incoming network connections from participants using ASX24 and ASX Trade gateways located at their Sydney sites. This is a hardware upgrade no impact is expected to trading participants and there is no participant testing required.

On Saturday 13 September 2025, ASX successfully completed the replacement of the ASX Trade ITCH switch. Following the implementation, ASX ITCH customers conducted testing without any issues. The market opened smoothly on Monday, marking the successful delivery of this critical infrastructure upgrade.

Upcoming Engagement

ASX 24 Market Working Group #3

Q1 2026 – Date and Time to be confirmed.

If you would like to participate in this event, please contact futures@asx.com.au.

Overview

The ASX Trade and ASX 24 trading platforms are supported by a network infrastructure consisting of three networks as follows:

  • Co-Location Network
  • International Network (ASX Net Global)
  • Customer Wide Area Network (ASX Net Trading WAN)

Project scope and phasing

ASX is replacing the ASX 24 network infrastructure in parallel to replacing the ASX 24 trading platform. Key benefits include future reduction of ASX infrastructure in customer data centres and colocation racks, and improvements to security.

There are 3 phases to replacing the ASX 24 network.

Phase Description Timeline
1. ASX Net Global Replacing Arista switches used from (i) Sydney and regional customer sites for point-to-point connections (ASX to customer premises); (ii) customer points of presence in Singapore, Chicago and Hong Kong Q3 2025 - Q4 2025
2. ASX Net Trading WAN Replace edge routers customer’s premises used to connect to the trading application, in preparation for server gateway decommission Q4 2025 - Q1 2027
3. Co-location Replace server hardware (cabling and Arista switches) for participants with connections in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC). This is planned to be delivered as a greenfields environment, completely segregated from the existing platform connectivity, and will require new physical cross connects for the ASX 24 replacement application TBC


Project communication and documentation

Please find all relevant communication and documentation related to the project.

Document date Description Type
01/11/2025 ​​ASX Net Trading WAN CPE Upgrade Market notice
13/08/2025 ASX Trade ITCH Colocation Network Device Refresh – Cutover Date and Participation Requirements Market notice
30/06/2025 ASX Trade Network Refresh Market notice
30/04/2025 Technology Upgrade Releases- April 2025 TURN notice
10/04/2025 ASX Trade – ITCH Network Device Refresh Market notice
15/02/2025 Frequently Asked Questions FAQs
05/02/2025 ASX 24 Market Working Group Presentation material
05/02/2025 ASX 24 Market Working Group Webinar recording
05/12/2024 ASX Technical and Operational Forum Presentation material
05/12/2024 ASX Technical and Operational Forum Webinar recording

Contact us

For additional information please contact you ASX Technical Account Manager or email CTS@asx.com.au