1、2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORTINTRODUCTIONCyrusOne Sustainability Report 2021 3IntroductionLetter from CyrusOne Senior ManagementIt would be a gross understatement to say the COVID-19 pandemic presented a host of unforeseen challenges to the world.Since 2020,as people and organizations,we have all endur
2、ed supply chain issues,school and offjce closures,lifestyle changes,and concerns about the health of our colleagues,families,and communities.On a practical business level,CyrusOne has also contended with an unprecedented demand put upon our data centers as much of the world migrated to remote workin
3、g,remote learning,online commerce during lockdowns,and social distancing.However,this massive disruption allowed us to test and prove how our mission-critical IT infrastructure could operate successfully in real-time and under high-pressure,ever-changing scenarios.We had the responsibility and privi
4、lege of doing our part to ensure that the world operated as normally as possible during the most abnormal of times.Our data centers offered solutions to support keeping the online and real worlds connected.To provide these solutions,many of our team worked offsite while others adopted new measures t
5、o work onsite safely during the pandemic.Importantly,we provided solutions while honoring our responsibilities and commitments to the environment,the community,and our stakeholders.This included operating effjciently to preserve precious resources(such as water and energy);using more creative data c
6、enter designs;continually building a diverse,empowered workforce and supply chain;and operating in alignment with the highest standards of character and integrity.As examples,we worked to ensure our Carrollton,Texas and Chandler,Arizona data centers became net positive water facilities.We began rece