CyrusOne Draws Interest From Rival Digital Realty

  • EQT, Digital Colony working together on potential joint bid
  • CyrusOne shares up 53% this year, valuing it at $8.6 billion

A 350-foot high-frequency trading tower stands outside the CyrusOne data center in Aurora, Illinois.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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New suitors have emerged for CyrusOne Inc., the data-center company exploring a sale.

The Dallas-based real estate investment trust has drawn interest from rival Digital Realty Trust Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The investment firms EQT Partners and Digital Colony Partners have also partnered to pursue a potential deal for the company, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the matter isn’t public.