CyrusOne announced that CyrusOne's Board of Directors has elected Eric Schwartz as Chief Executive Officer, to be effective on or about October 1, 2022. Mr. Schwartz succeeds Dave Ferdman, who has served as CyrusOne's interim President & Chief Executive Officer since July 28, 2021. For the past 16 years, Eric has been an executive at Equinix in several roles, including leading the EMEA region for Equinix from 2008 to 2019.

During this period, Equinix EMEA achieved substantial growth both organically and through acquisitions and established itself as the market leader in the EMEA datacenter industry. More recently, Eric has led Strategy and Development for Equinix, including the company's xScale program and joint ventures focused on developing datacenters for large-scale customers. In addition to the commercial growth that Eric led for Equinix, he was an integral member of the company's leadership team, helping to define and drive the positive, successful culture that Equinix is known for.