CME Group Announces Agreement To Sell Data Center To CyrusOne
The CME group to maintain colocation services and lease back data center space at the The Aurora, IL, facility.
CME Group has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its suburban Chicago data center in Aurora, Ill. to CyrusOne, Inc., a global data center services provider, for $130 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
As part of the sale, CME Group will enter into a 15-year lease for data center space and will continue to operate its electronic trading platform, CME Globex, from the data center and will offer co-location services there. CME Group will have the ability to expand co-location services within the leased space going forward. The agreement also outlines the ways in which CyrusOne and CME Group will enhance the range of services available to their mutual customers through connectivity, hosting and data offerings.