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CyrusOne reports a loss, and its CEO is out

The company has cut staff in recent weeks and in December confirmed a ransomware attack that affected six customers of its New York data center.

Gary Wojtaszek is stepping down as chief executive, chairman and a director of CyrusOne, the Dallas-based data center real estate investment trust said Thursday.

Wojtaszek’s departure was mutually agreed to with the board, the company said in a statement. He had joined CyrusOne in 2011 as president from Cincinnati Bell and became CEO a year later.

The board appointed Tesh Durvasula to be interim CEO and president. Durvasula had been president of the company’s Europe division.

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The company’s stock gained more than 3% Thursday.

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CyrusOne said in August that it was considering a sale after receiving takeover interest. It has cut staff in recent weeks and in December confirmed a ransomware attack that affected six customers of its New York data center.

The board has started a search for a new CEO and said that Durvasula is being considered along with external candidates to run the company that operates 48 data centers in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Singapore for 1,000 customers.

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Wojtaszek’s departure comes a day after the company reported a fourth-quarter loss of $52.1 million, or 46 cents a share, compared with a loss of $105.8 million, or $1 a share, a year ago.

Revenue of $253.9 million represented an increase of 15% from last year.