Digital Realty

Digital Realty was formed in 2004, when GI Partners contributed 21 data centers it had acquired, and was incorporated in Maryland in March 2004; it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in November 2004 under the ticker DLR. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and operates as a real estate investment trust. It makes money by leasing data-center space, power and connectivity, from build-to-suit facilities and powered base buildings for large deployments to colocation suites, high-density colocation, cross connects and internet exchange services. At the end of 2025 it had 310 data centers, including 89 held in unconsolidated entities, in more than 55 metros across over 30 countries, with more than 5,000 customers and 4,282 full-time employees. It grew through acquisitions including Telx in 2015, DuPont Fabros Technology in 2017 and Interxion, announced in 2019 at $8.4 billion. Its Digital DC Partners NA Fund raised over $3 billion of equity commitments, and on April 23, 2026 it raised its 2026 revenue guidance to $6.65 billion to $6.75 billion.