Digital Realty Data Center Properties

Digital Realty is a major global real estate investment trust (REIT) that builds and operates massive colocation data centers. Their facilities act as interconnection hubs, allowing enterprise companies to physically run their own servers in the same building as major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure via dedicated cross-connects.

Digital Realty and Equinix are the two largest data center operators in the world, but they have slightly different focuses. While Equinix dominates the retail colocation and interconnection market globally, Digital Realty has historically focused heavily on wholesale space, large-scale enterprise deployments, and hyperscale cloud campuses.

Beyond simply renting secure space for server racks, Digital Realty offers advanced interconnection solutions through their PlatformDIGITAL architecture. They provide carrier-neutral connectivity options, dedicated private cloud access, managed services, and robust physical security to protect enterprise IT infrastructure.

The primary tenants of Digital Realty properties range from Fortune 500 enterprises to major network providers and hyperscale cloud platforms. Companies utilize these facilities to ensure 99.999% uptime for critical applications, comply with data sovereignty laws, and securely exchange massive amounts of data with telecommunications partners.