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AURORA, ILL. — CyrusOne, a REIT specializing in carrier-neutral data center properties, has broken ground on a 425,000-square-foot data center at the company’s Aurora campus in suburban Chicago. Carrier-neutral data centers allow interconnection between multiple telecommunication carriers. This is the second center at the location. Construction is beginning on part of the land acquired in March 2016 as part of the sale-leaseback transaction with CME Group. The newest data center will provide CyrusOne customers involved in the global financial markets with additional space and connectivity. CyrusOne operates 35 carrier-neutral data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia.