Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2004 to own and operate data centers, the specialized facilities that house the servers and networking equipment underlying much of the internet and enterprise computing. It grew through acquisitions including Interxion and Teraco into one of the largest data center providers in the world, leasing capacity to technology companies, cloud providers and enterprises globally.
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Company TypeAmerican real estate investment trust that owns, operates, and invests in carrier-neutral data centers 1 Founded Year Headquarters Connections
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A major real estate or REIT company; classified in the atlas real-estate-industry.
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1. Wikipedia, Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Wikipedialead section, paragraph 1
Digital Realty is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, and invests in carrier-neutral data centers across the world.
History section, formation paragraph
It was formed in 2004 by GI Partners, which contributed 21 data centers that it acquired through bankruptcy auctions and from distressed companies at a 20%-40% discount to replacement cost.
2020s section
In January 2021, Digital Realty said it would move its headquarters to Austin, Texas.
View the Source Frequently Asked Questions
Why is a data center company classed as a real estate investment trust?
It owns and leases data center buildings, which are real estate, so it is organized as a REIT.
Digital Realty Trust owns, operates and invests in carrier-neutral data centers, and it is organized as a real estate investment trust because those data centers are physical property that it holds and leases to customers. The company was formed in 2004 by GI Partners, which contributed 21 data centers that it had acquired through bankruptcy auctions and from distressed companies at a 20 to 40 percent discount to replacement cost.
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