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Thomson Reuters, an international media and information company, will open a downtown office at Richmond’s Riverfront Plaza, Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Mayor Levar Stoney announced Wednesday.

The publicly traded company, which is based in Toronto, will lease 10,000 square feet in Riverfront’s West Tower at 901 E. Byrd St. to house an internal cybersecurity operations center. The center will enhance the company’s ability to protect its info from “next-generation security threats,” according to a spokesperson.

The company will bring 60 new jobs to the city by the end of 2018; 40 of them will be in place by the end of the year.

“There’s nothing I love more than to see a cyber fusion center, as I say I’ve been maniacal on this topic for the last four years because cyber is the future,” McAuliffe said at a news conference to announce the move. “You putting this here in Virginia is a big deal for us, so I thank you for your commitment to the commonwealth of Virginia.”