# Digital Realty

> Digital Realty is the world's largest data center REIT, owning and operating a global platform of carrier-neutral facilities where enterprises, cloud providers and hyperscalers house the servers that run the internet. Through PlatformDIGITAL and its Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) methodology, it rents floor space, power, cooling and private network connections across roughly 300 facilities in more than 25 countries, positioning itself as the landlord of the AI and cloud economy.

- **Founded:** 2004
- **Headquarters:** Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Foust (Co-Founder & Founding CEO), Richard Magnuson (Co-Founder (GI Partners))
- **Team size:** Approximately 3,500-4,300 employees worldwide
- **Products:** PlatformDIGITAL, Colocation & Scale Data Centers, Interconnection (ServiceFabric, Cross Connect, Metro Connect), Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx), Data Gravity Index
- **Notable:** Grew from 21 buildings at its 2004 IPO to roughly 300 data centers across more than 25 countries and six continents., Completed the $8.4 billion acquisition of Interxion in 2020, becoming a leading data center operator across EMEA., Acquired Telx (2015), DuPont Fabros Technology (2017) and Ascenty (2018) to expand interconnection and Latin American reach.

## Products & services

- **PlatformDIGITAL** — The company's global data center platform, giving customers a single meeting place to deploy infrastructure, interconnect networks and place data next to the clouds and partners they depend on.
- **Colocation & Scale Data Centers** — Space, power and cooling rented from single racks up to multi-megawatt, build-to-suit hyperscale campuses.
- **Interconnection (ServiceFabric, Cross Connect, Metro Connect)** — Private network connections, cloud on-ramps and fabric services that link customers to thousands of carriers, exchanges and cloud providers.
- **Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx)** — A solution methodology that helps enterprises design distributed data infrastructure to solve data gravity and localize workloads.
- **Data Gravity Index** — A research tool and index quantifying the intensity and gravitational force of enterprise data across global metros.
- **Powered Base Building & Turnkey Flex** — Shell-and-power buildings for customers who build their own fit-out, and fully-provisioned turnkey data hall space ready to occupy.

## Achievements

- Grew from 21 buildings at its 2004 IPO to roughly 300 data centers across more than 25 countries and six continents.
- Completed the $8.4 billion acquisition of Interxion in 2020, becoming a leading data center operator across EMEA.
- Acquired Telx (2015), DuPont Fabros Technology (2017) and Ascenty (2018) to expand interconnection and Latin American reach.
- Member of the S&P 500 and one of the largest publicly traded REITs of any kind.
- Early signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact and adopter of science-based emissions targets.
- Reported a development pipeline of roughly 5 gigawatts of buildable capacity to meet AI and cloud demand.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Reported fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, with full-year Core FFO of $7.39 per share, up roughly 10% over 2024, and 2026 guidance of $7.90-$8.00.
- **2026-01** — CEO Andy Power told CNBC data center real estate is not oversupplied as hyperscalers announce more AI projects.
- **2025-10** — Reported third quarter 2025 results and reiterated a development pipeline of about 5GW of buildable capacity.
- **2025** — Announced multi-phase 250MW+ campuses in Dallas, Tokyo and Frankfurt, backed by joint ventures with infrastructure funds.

## Links

- Website: https://digitalrealty.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digitalrealty
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/drdatacenters
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalRealtyTrust
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/digitalrealty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalrealty

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Last updated: 2026-08-12