NYSE Technologies has taken colocation space at a Q9 data center in Toronto, extending connectivity to its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) to that location, NYSE announced Thursday.

Financial-services companies that colocate at the Toronto facility, as well as companies that have  network connections to the site, can now connect directly to SFTI, which gives them access to a multitude of e-trading services, including low-latency access to NYSE Euronext’s markets other global trading venues.

Don Brook, head of infrastructure at NYSE Technologies, said the colocation deal strengthens the reach and connectivity of the global SFTI network.

"Q9 has attracted a strong base of trading firms, including a number of SFTI customers that will benefit from even greater market access, reduced connectivity costs and enhanced performance through this new access center," he said.

While NYSE Technologies – subsidiary of NYSE Euronext – gets to sell SFTI services to Q9 customers and other firms with infrastructure in Toronto, the deal makes the Q9 data center more attractive for companies in the financial-services space.

NYSE operates some of the world’s largest stock exchanges – including the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Arca and ArcaEx. Through SFTI Americas, customers can access every major American market via a single high-speed network.

Q9 is a major data center provider in Canada. The company has 11 data centers in three provinces.