(1888PressRelease)
June 22, 2006 - Texas March 22, 2006 - -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR), the leading owner and manager of corporate data centers and Internet gateways, today announced that a leading provider of backhaul services for wireless carriers has signed a master lease agreement for Meet Me Room spaceand rooftop space in a number of Digital Realty Trust Internet Gateway Facilities. The lease agreement involves space in Digital Realty Facilities located in Dallas, Chicago, Weehawken, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco.Under terms of the agreement, the name of the company cannot be disclosed.
"Digital Realty Trust is in a unique position to provide a single-provider solution to companies in the wireless industry that have multi-site needs involving a mixture of different kinds of space. In the case of this backhaul services provider, our rooftop space and Meet Me Room facilities werean ideal fit to support the company's growth," said Michael F. Foust, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Trust. "Because our portfolio of facilities includes strategically-located buildings in numerous key metro areas, we can often address multiple customer needs under a master agreement that streamlines logistics, saves money and ensures consistency in the way implementations are supported."
Digital Realty Trust Internet Gateways are located in strategically important locations that provide ideal support for rooftop installations of wireless antennae and satellite equipment. With 45 facilities in major markets across the United States and Europe, Digital Realty Trust offers rooftopreal estate that supports the full range of wireless installations, including technology that requires "line-of-sight" perspectives that are difficultto find in many urban environments. Rooftop space at the company's Internet Gateways also offer direct connectivity to a wide range of telecommunications networks via tenants in each facility's carrier-neutral environment.
Digital Realty Trust Internet Gateways also feature advanced Meet Me Rooms that allow telecom carriers and network service providers to cost-effectively cross connect their networks to support the buying, selling and sharing of bandwidth. Digital Realty offers telecommunications carriers and network ISPs advanced Meet Me Room facilities through its portfolio of Internet Gateway Facilities, providing customers connectivity to other carriers and colocation customers with no cross connection fees.
For more information about Digital Realty Trust facilities, visit www.digitalrealtytrust.com.
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, repositions and manages technology-related real estate. The Company's 45 properties contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise data center tenants. Comprising approximately 9.3 million square feet, including 1.2 million square feet of redevelopment space, Digital Realty Trust's property portfolio is located throughout the United States and Europe. For additional information, please visitthe company's website at www.digitalrealtytrust.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on currentexpectations, forecasts and assumptions, including current expectations, forecasts and assumptions related to our market position. These current expectations, forecasts and assumptions 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 ourmarkets or the technology industry; general economic conditions; defaultson or non-renewal of leases by tenants; increased interest rates and operating costs; failure to obtain necessary outside financing; decreased rentalrates or increased vacancy rates; difficulties in identifying properties toacquire and completing acquisitions; failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations; our relatively limited operating history inEurope; failure of acquired properties to perform as expected; failure to deliver secure facilities or the power required by our tenants; failure to maintain the Company's status as a REIT; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; financial market fluctuations; changes inforeign currency exchange rates; and changes in real estate and zoning lawsand 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. 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:
Rich Miller
415-462-5633
rmiller ( @ ) digitalrealtytrust dot com
Business Contact:
Chris Crosby
214-231-2491
ccrosby ( @ ) digitalrealtytrust dot com
Investor/Analyst Contact:
Bill Stein
415-738-6500
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
CONTACT: Media, Rich Miller, +1-415-462-5633,
rmiller ( @ ) digitalrealtytrust dot com, or Business, Chris Crosby, +1-214-231-2491,
ccrosby ( @ ) digitalrealtytrust dot com, both of Digital Realty Trust, Inc.; orInvestor/Analyst, Bill Stein, +1-415-738-6500, for Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Web site: http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/
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