Colocation is a professional service offered by cryptocurrency exchanges to institutional traders and companies. This solution enables you to place your trading servers directly within the exchange’s data centers or in close physical proximity to them. Thanks to this physical and network-level proximity, your trading systems benefit from minimal latency and high-speed access to the exchange’s matching engine. On WhiteBIT, colocation is available as part of a comprehensive suite of institutional solutions designed to support high-performance cryptocurrency trading.

Why is speed so important?

In digital financial markets, time is measured not in seconds, but in milliseconds (ms) and microseconds (μs). Even a 5–10 ms delay can result in a missed arbitrage spread, order execution at a less favorable price, or losing priority to another market maker.

Colocation significantly reduces:

• network latency (delays in data transmission);
• jitter (variability in latency);
• packet loss (loss of data packets).
   

All of these factors directly affect trade execution quality.

What does an institutional client gain from WhiteBIT colocation?

Ultra-Low trading latency

Direct access to the exchange’s core trading engine enables order execution within milliseconds — a critical advantage for strategies where speed determines success or failure.
 

Improved efficiency of algorithmic strategies

Arbitrage, market making, and HFT algorithms operate far more efficiently when their requests are delivered almost instantly.
 

Reduced risk of price slippage and delays

Order execution speed has a direct impact on trading quality: the faster a system responds to market movements, the better the trader's outcome.
 

Global access without speed compromises

WhiteBIT offers a choice of data centers in Europe and Asia, allowing clients to optimize server placement based on their regional and trading requirements.

Please note: colocation is not a guarantee of profit, not a way to bypass exchange rules, and not a substitute for a sound trading strategy.

It is an infrastructure tool that enhances an already well-designed trading system and strategy.

Who is colocation most suitable for?

WhiteBIT colocation service is ideally suited for:

• Market makers who provide liquidity and benefit from fast order placement and updates.
• High-frequency trading (HFT) firms where execution speed directly impacts profitability.
• Arbitrage strategies seeking to capture short-lived price inefficiencies across markets.
• Hedge funds and financial institutions aiming to combine algorithmic efficiency with large-scale operations.

How to connect to WhiteBIT colocation?

To use the service, clients need to complete several standard steps:

1. Fill in the form on the colocation service page and pass KYB verification.
2. Provide server IP addresses and coordinate technical connection parameters.
3. Final step — integrate your trading systems and test order execution in a low-latency environment.
    

This process ensures stable infrastructure performance and allows clients to maximize the benefits of the colocation service.

Support

In case of any questions related to the functionality of our exchange, you can:

• Leave a request on our website;
• Write to the support email: support@whitebit.com;
• Write to the chat using the button in the lower right corner of the screen (in the upper right corner of the WhiteBIT app, click ).