CyrusOne
Premier data center owner, developer, and operator for AI and hyperscale.
Updated April 2026
Overview
- Website
- cyrusone.com
- Founded
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Segment
- Data Center Operators
- Posture
- Wholesale / Hyperscale Leasing
Product overview
CyrusOne is a leading data center provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operating over 60 facilities across North America, EMEA, and APAC. It specializes in build-to-suit, colocation, and hyperscale solutions supporting AI-driven applications and high-density deployments. The company focuses on sustainability, aiming for climate neutrality by 2030.
Revenue model
Colocation, build-to-suit, and hyperscale data center services.
Moat
- Scale Advantages
- Brand
- First Mover
- Regulatory Moat
- Cost Advantages
CyrusOne's competitive moat stems primarily from its scale enabling low-cost maintenance of unoccupied space for customer growth, strong reputation creating high entry barriers, and leadership in sustainable innovations like liquid cooling (Intelliscale™) and carbon-neutral commitments, bolstered by massive financing ($9.7B-$14B) and strategic partnerships (e.g., E.ON for power/cooling). These advantages support AI-driven expansion, global presence across 60+ data centers, and top sustainability rankings (e.g., Gold by EcoVadis, top 8 in Data Centre Magazine 2025).
Headwinds
High capital requirements and long development cycles could limit ability to scale with rapidly growing AI infrastructure demand.