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Technical Olympic USA takes the Gold by choosing CyrusOne for their IT infrastructure mission critical needs

Houston, TX • August 30, 2004 • CyrusOne (www.cyrusone.com), Houston's premier provider of managed hosting, colocation, and managed services, announced today it has been engaged by Technical Olympic USA, Inc. (TOUSA) to create a scalable and secure IT infrastructure compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation.

TOUSA is a leading homebuilder and financial services company that operates throughout four geographic regions: Florida, Mid-Atlantic, Texas and the West. While undergoing expansion and positioning itself for growth, the company chose CyrusOne to ensure continuity of service and protection of financial data.

"Basically, our IT vision consists of cross-fertilization of best practices across divisions," said Brad Karst, TOUSA. "We've implemented an ongoing, company-wide continuous improvement and technology transfer program to achieve efficient performance through best practices. We're doing this in all aspects of our operation - in land acquisition, product design and construction, supply management, asset utilization, capital structure, and pricing discipline."

At one point, TOUSA considered building their own data center since they are in the construction business. Upon further investigation, they realized there were significant savings to be gained by outsourcing the data center. TOUSA's decision to work with CyrusOne allowed them to quickly align all business units, including IT, into the overall corporate strategy. As a result, they were guaranteed precision execution within the markets enabling them to respond promptly to customer needs and demands.

"Exceptional customer service won this deal," stated Brad Karst. "The team with CyrusOne worked diligently with our technology group to design the best solution. CyrusOne even assumed a project management role and assisted with rapid deployment."

According to Blake McLane, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, "We knew that the following four issues were critical to TOUSA - flexibility to expand, superior technical expertise, ability to deploy rapidly, and assigning a project manager to work alongside the TOUSA teams. We delivered accordingly."

About Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
TOUSA (NASDAQ: TOUS) designs, builds, and markets high-quality detached single-family residences, town homes, and condominiums. They market homes under leading local brand names including Engle Homes, Newmark Homes, Masonry Homes, Fedrick, Harris Estate Homes, Marksman Homes, Trophy Homes, and James Company. Visit TOUSA online at http://www.tousa.com/ for additional information.

About CyrusOne
CyrusOne is Houston's largest full service data center providing managed hosting, colocation and enterprise management services to companies to ensure application availability, data security, and superior network performance. With a client-centric focus, CyrusOne was the first within the industry to offer a 100% availability guarantee backed by the industry's leading SLA. For more information on the company, visit www.cyrusone.com.

Media Contact
Nicole Haagenson
The Padgett Group
713.664.5356
nicole@thepadgettgroup.com

Josh Howard
CyrusOne
713.821.1273
jhoward@cyrusone.com

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