Digital Realty Facilities Offer Power, Cooling and Security Needed for the
Enterprise Datacenter
SAN FRANCISCO, GARTNER SYMPOSIUM/ITxpo, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2005, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR),
an owner and manager of technology-related properties, today announced the
launch of five new Turn-Key Datacenter Facilities to serve the growing demand
for housing enterprise datacenter applications. The new datacenters are
located across the United States in the following markets:
* Miami -- available in May 2005
* Northern New Jersey -- available in July 2005
* Dallas -- new space launched in April 2005; added to existing Dallas
Turn-Key Datacenter Facility space in operation
* Los Angeles -- new space launched in April 2005; added to existing Los
Angeles Turn-Key Datacenter Facility space in operation
* San Francisco -- new space launched in April 2005, added to existing
San Francisco Turn-Key Datacenter Facility space in operation
Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenter Facilities are move-in ready,
physically secure facilities with the power and cooling capabilities to
support critical enterprise applications. Digital Realty Trust offers
scalability from a hundred square feet to thousands of square feet in
state-of-the-art facilities with true carrier and managed service provider
neutrality. Digital Realty Trust's facilities are fully managed by its
world-class operations and engineering teams to support 24/7 mission-critical
applications.
"Digital Realty Trust's new datacenter facilities are being launched at an
ideal time, given the growth we see in market demand across the country," said
Michael F. Foust, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Trust. "Digital
Realty Trust offers a unique value proposition to enterprise customers with
pre-engineered, pre-built datacenter space equipped with the power, cooling
and security infrastructure that enterprise applications require. The Digital
Realty Trust offering presents an attractive alternative to the use of capital
for the design and build of datacenter space by the enterprise."
Digital Realty also announced plans for similar Turn-Key Datacenter
Facilities in its Santa Clara, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
properties, as well as for a property in Chicago, Illinois upon the completion
of its pending acquisition.
For more information about Digital Realty Trust Turn-Key Datacenters
please visit the Company's in Booth #517 at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
May 15-19, 2005, or visit the Company's website at http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com.
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) owns, acquires, repositions and
manages technology-related real estate. The Company's 26 properties contain
applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of
technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise data center tenants.
Comprising approximately 6.3 million net rentable square feet, Digital Realty
Trust's property portfolio is located throughout the United States, with one
property located in London, England. For additional information, please visit
the Company's website at http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com.
About Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo is the IT industry's largest and most strategic
conference, providing business leaders with a look at the future of IT. For
more than 10,000 IT professionals from the world's leading enterprises,
Gartner's annual Symposium/ITxpo events are key components of their annual
planning efforts. Attendees are responsible for more than $35 billion in IT
spending for their respective companies, and rely on Gartner Symposium/ITxpo
to gain insight into how their organizations can use technology to address
business challenges and improve operational efficiency. For more information,
please visit http://www.gartner.com/us/symposiumwest.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ
materially. These risks and uncertainties include adverse economic or real
estate developments in the Company's markets or the technology industry;
general economic conditions; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants;
increased interest rates and operating costs; failure to obtain necessary
outside financing; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates;
difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions;
failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations, failure of
acquired properties to perform as expected; failure to maintain the Company's
status as a REIT; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural
disasters; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange
rates; and changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real
property tax rates. For a further list and description of such risks and
uncertainties, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. The Company disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For Additional Information:
Media Contact: Business Contact:
Rich Miller Chris Crosby
Office: 415-462-5633 Office: 214-231-2491
rmiller@digitalrealtytrust.com ccrosby@digitalrealtytrust.com
SOURCE Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com
CONTACT:
Media, Rich Miller, +1-415-462-5633,
rmiller@digitalrealtytrust.com, or Business, Chris Crosby,
+1-214-231-2491, ccrosby@digitalrealtytrust.com, both of Digital
Realty Trust, Inc.
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