New Wireless Routes Link Financial Markets to AWS Clouds
The low-latency service connects key financial hubs to major data centers, accelerating market data and cloud workflows.
Updated on Oct. 30, 2026 in Data Centers
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McKay Brothers has launched new wireless transport routes connecting financial hubs in Illinois and New Jersey to cloud data centers in Columbus and Ashburn. This is a shipped service providing low-latency connectivity to Amazon Web Services facilities.
Why it matters
Low-latency wireless transport is critical for high-frequency trading and cloud-integrated financial workflows, where microseconds significantly impact order execution speed and overall market performance.
The new wireless transport service provides the lowest commercially available latency for connections between financial markets and AWS us-east-1 and us-east-2 hubs.
The players
McKay Brothers
A specialized provider of low-latency wireless and fiber-optic networking services for the global financial markets.
Amazon Web Services
The cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon that operates major data center hubs in Ashburn and Columbus.
The details
McKay Brothers utilizes microwave-based wireless transport to route data packets between financial clearinghouses in Illinois and New Jersey and cloud providers in Columbus and Ashburn. Unlike fiber optics, which require cables buried underground, wireless transmission sends signals through the air at the speed of light in a vacuum, which is faster than the speed of light through glass.
Timeline
October 29, 2026: McKay Brothers introduced new wireless transport services.
The Tech Race
This development represents a competitive extension of existing wireless market connectivity into the cloud infrastructure tier. It follows a wider industry trend of replacing fiber backbones with microwave and millimeter-wave technologies to shave fractions of a millisecond off transit times.
Financial institutions and cloud-native fintech firms can now access these routes to improve data synchronization speeds between their trading stacks and AWS cloud environments. Implementation requires direct integration with the firm's existing networking architecture and McKay Brothers' proprietary wireless interface.
The takeaway
As high-frequency trading moves deeper into the cloud, physical speed advantages remain a primary competitive differentiator. Observers should track if future service expansions include additional regional cloud nodes beyond the current Ashburn and Columbus facilities.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by The Norfolk Daily News.
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