Press release

CyrusOne Sells GDS Shares to Raise Approximately $200 Million of Proceeds

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CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today
announced that it has sold approximately 5.7 million American depository
shares (“ADSs”) of GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS”) (NASDAQ: GDS) for a
total purchase price of approximately $200 million. CyrusOne will
continue to hold approximately 2.3 million ADSs, valued at approximately
$90 million based on the GDS closing price on April 11, with the
remaining shares being subject to a six-month lock up. The commercial
agreement between CyrusOne and GDS will remain in place, and Gary
Wojtaszek, CyrusOne’s President and Chief Executive Officer, remains a
member of the GDS Board of Directors.

“GDS has created substantial value for its shareholders over the last 18
months, in turn allowing us to recycle capital and generate significant
cash proceeds from the sale of shares, while maintaining a position that
approximates our original investment,” said Wojtaszek. “This transaction
replaces a meaningful portion of our equity capital requirements for the
year, with the proceeds being deployed to fund attractive, profitable
growth opportunities. William and his team have been fantastic partners,
and the nearly 20 megawatts of leases we signed last year with Chinese
hyperscale companies was a direct result of our relationship with GDS.
As two of the fastest-growing data center companies, we look forward to
continuing to work together to capitalize on the strong underlying
secular demand trends and meet the needs of our customers in the two
biggest economies in the world.”

This transaction was not contemplated in CyrusOne’s original 2019
guidance provided February 20, 2019. CyrusOne will provide updated 2019
guidance when the Company reports its first quarter 2019 results after
the market closes on Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

The transaction is expected to settle on April 16, 2019.

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About CyrusOne

CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE) is a high-growth real estate investment trust
(REIT) specializing 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 approximately 1,000 customers, including more than
210 Fortune 1000 companies.

With a track record of meeting and surpassing the aggressive
speed-to-market demands of hyperscale cloud providers, as well as the
expanding IT infrastructure requirements of the enterprise, CyrusOne
provides the flexibility, reliability, security, and connectivity that
foster business growth. CyrusOne offers a tailored, customer
service-focused platform and is committed to full transparency in
communication, management, and service delivery throughout its more than
45 data centers worldwide. Additional information about CyrusOne can be
found at www.CyrusOne.com.

About GDS

GDS Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: GDS) is a leading developer and operator
of high-performance data centers in China. The company’s facilities are
strategically located in China’s primary economic hubs where demand for
high-performance data center services is concentrated. The company’s
data centers have large net floor area, high power capacity, density and
efficiency, and multiple redundancy across all critical systems. GDS is
carrier and cloud neutral, which enables customers to connect directly
to all major PRC telecommunications carriers and to the largest PRC and
global cloud service providers hosted by GDS in many of its facilities.
The company has an 18-year track record of service delivery,
successfully fulfilling the requirements of some of the largest and most
demanding customers for outsourced data center services in China. The
company’s base of customers consists predominantly of hyper-scale cloud
service providers, large internet companies, financial institutions,
telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private
sector and multinational corporations.