DLA Piper represented CyrusOne Inc., a global enterprise data center and colocation provider, in its acquisition of Cervalis Holdings LLC, a privately held owner and operator of data centers, for US$400 million.

Under the terms of the definitive agreement, CyrusOne will acquire four data center facilities and two work area recovery facilities serving the New York metropolitan area. The transaction will expand CyrusOne’s existing portfolio to 31 data centers across 12 distinct markets (ten cities in the United States, London and Singapore).

The DLA Piper team representing CyrusOne was led by Joe Alexander, Southeast US managing partner of DLA Piper and Southeast US chair of the firm’s Corporate and Private Equity practices, and included Jay Smith, US chair and global co-chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate practice (Baltimore); partners Leeann Kelly-Judd (Baltimore), Joe Langhirt (Baltimore), and Paolo Morante (New York); of counsel Greg Orenstein (Atlanta); and attorney Elise Batsel (Tampa).