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CyrusOne Purchases Land for Future Hyperscale Data Center in Northern Virginia

CyrusOne | January 24, 2023 | Read time : 01:40 min

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CyrusOne, a global leader in constructing and operating data centers, recently announced that it has bought a 57.6-acre extended piece of land in Loudoun County, Virginia. The intersection of the Dulles Greenway toll road and Belmont Ridge Road stands a future home to a cutting-edge data center complex catering to large companies and hyperscale cloud providers.

In the data center industry, CyrusOne is known for coming up with new ideas and promoting sustainability. Global Infrastructure Partners acquired it (GIP), an infrastructure investment firm and KKR, an investment firm, last year. Recently, the Company moved up its goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. Its annual Sustainability Report describes the Company's well-known efforts to be more sustainable. These efforts focus on energy efficiency, water conservation, biodiversity, and circular economy.

CyrusOne has been expanding globally under CEO Eric Schwartz since October 2022.

Eric Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer at CyrusOne, said, "CyrusOne is excited to expand its investment in Loudoun County where we successfully operate 10 data centers at five campus locations in one of the most important digital gateway markets in the United States." He added, "With strong demand in the Northern Virginia market, we are positioned to initiate development consistent with the existing zoning on this new site and deliver world-class digital infrastructure that meet the growing needs of our customers."
(Source- Business Wire)

About CyrusOne

CyrusOne is a prominent worldwide data center developer and operator that provides cutting-edge digital infrastructure solutions. The Company maintains digital infrastructure for roughly 800 customers, including 200 Fortune 1000 organizations, in over 50 high-performance mission-critical locations worldwide.

CyrusOne's leading worldwide platform of hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud deployments gives customers colocation, hyperscale, and build-to-suit environments to improve strategic data infrastructure linkages and meet sustainability goals. Clients can upgrade, simplify, and quickly adapt to the Company's data centers' world-class flexibility. The Company gives the world's leading organizations long-term stability and strategic advantage at scale by investing in major digital gateway markets, having a worldwide footprint, and having strong financials.

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