[April 01, 2016]

CyrusOne Announces Closing of Transaction to Acquire Suburban Chicago Data Center from CME Group

Global data center solutions provider CyrusOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:CONE) announced today that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of a suburban Chicago data center in Aurora, Ill., from CME Group. This transaction expands CyrusOne's (News - Alert) existing portfolio of more than 30 data centers across the US and overseas and provides customers involved in the global financial markets with connectivity and proximity to the CME Globex platform.

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CyrusOne's new Aurora, Ill. data center facility. (Photo: Business Wire)

"The closing of this acquisition marks an exciting milestone for us as we solidify our leadership position in the financial services market and enhance our services for enterprise customers in Chicago and across the US," said Gary Wojtaszek, president and chief executive officer, Cyrusne. "The acquisition represents the next step in our longer-term strategic plan to enhance our ability to innovate and support customers in the financial services sector. In addition, it creates significant opportunities by offering a unique ecosystem to energy, enterprise, fintech, and cloud customers. We look forward to expanding this global risk management campus to meet the growing and evolving colocation needs of customers."

Transaction Highlights

The transaction was finalized for $130 million and adds to CyrusOne's existing data center platform a 428,000-square-foot facility data center serving the Chicago metropolitan region. In addition, CyrusOne has acquired approximately 36,000 colocation square feet available for lease and approximately 15 acres of developable land directly adjacent to the data center.

In accordance with the sale agreement, CME Group has entered into a 15-year lease for data center space at the Aurora facility. The company's electronic trading platform, CME Globex, is to remain in operation within this space. The agreement is expected to enhance the range of services available to CyrusOne and CME Group's mutual customers through connectivity, hosting, and data offerings.

The transaction is expected to yield the following benefits to CyrusOne:

• Enhanced Geographic Diversification: The acquisition greatly enhances CyrusOne's geographic diversification and can support large multi-megawatt deployments of critical infrastructure for the Fortune 1000, web-scale and cloud companies that make up the world's connected economies.
• Expansion of a Global Risk Management Campus: The transaction provides current and new customers involved in financial risk management with open and cost-efficient access to an extensive digital ecosystem that includes colocation, disaster recovery, private and public cloud access, data storage, and high performance compute.
• Strengthened Product Portfolio: The transaction provides an interconnected data center in one of the world's largest internet hubs, further enhancing the attractiveness of CyrusOne's National IX platform. It also provides the ability to support large deployments of web content and HPC environments that require massive connectivity to the global Internet.

About CyrusOne

CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) specializes in highly reliable enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data center properties. The company provides mission-critical data center facilities that protect and ensure the continued operation of IT infrastructure for more than 940 customers, including nine of the Fortune 20 and more than 170 of the Fortune 1000 or equivalent-sized companies.

CyrusOne's data center offerings provide the flexibility, reliability, and security that enterprise customers require, and are delivered through a tailored, customer-service-focused platform designed to foster long-term relationships. CyrusOne's National IX platform provides robust connectivity options to drive revenue, reduce expenses, and improve service quality for enterprises, content, and telecommunications companies. CyrusOne is committed to full transparency in communication, management, and service delivery throughout its more than 30 data centers worldwide. Additional information about CyrusOne can be found at www.CyrusOne.com.

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