IXEurope Signs Major Datacentre Agreement With Digital Realty Trust, Inc. to Secure Space in Paris Facility
02 Luglio 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Digital Realty Trust Formally Opens French Sales & Operations
Office in Paris SAN FRANCISCO and PARIS, July 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR), a
leading owner and manager of corporate datacentres and Internet
gateways, today announced that IXEurope Plc (AIM: IXE), Europe's
specialist datacentre services company, has signed a new lease for
2,500 square metres (approx. 26,000 square feet) of Powered Base
Building(TM) space in Digital Realty Trust's facility in Paris,
France. IXEurope (http://www.ixeurope.com/) plans to create an
advanced datacentre facility and expects to begin making space
available to customers in the fourth quarter of 2007. "Extending
our presence in this prime location in Paris is in direct response
to demand for highly specified datacentre capacity and reflects our
expectations on the forward growth and momentum of the business,"
said Michel Brignano, General Manager, IXEurope France. "Our
facility on the outskirts of Paris is ideally suited to meet the
strong demand for advanced datacentre space from both French and
international companies with operations in Paris," said Bernard
Geoghegan, Vice President of Digital Realty Trust -- Europe. "This
agreement with IXEurope brings the existing datacentre facility to
100% leased. We look forward to supporting IXEurope and the other
companies that lease space in this outstanding facility as we move
forward with our plans to redevelop the remaining 200,000 square
feet into premium Build-to-Suit and Turn-Key Datacentre." Acquired
in 2006, the facility consists of a 151,000 square foot datacentre
facility, which includes more than 76,000 square feet of raised
floor. The property also features more than 200,000 square feet of
space that is available for redevelopment. Digital Realty Trust
plans to deliver the first phase of the redevelopment space,
consisting of over 10,000 square meters (107,000 square feet) of
raised floor, to the market by the end of the first quarter of
2008. The site benefits from a total of 36MVA of fully redundant
power from three separate sub-stations. "Truly high-quality
datacentre space with this level of power is difficult to find in
Paris, which makes our facility unique in the French market," said
Adam Levine, European Sales Director for Digital Realty Trust.
"With our redevelopment plans, Digital Realty Trust will offer
customers a significant amount of Turn-Key Datacentre(TM) as well
as Powered Base Building(TM) space that can accommodate
build-to-suit projects -- giving us the flexibility to meet
customers' immediate and future datacentre requirements." Digital
Realty Trust's new Paris office is located at 19 Boulevard
Malesherbes in Paris and is managed by Adam Levine, who has
recently joined Digital Realty Trust as European Sales Director.
Mr. Levine comes to Digital Realty Trust from CBRE where he was an
associate director responsible for its Technology Practice Group
department in France, which focuses on the technology and
telecommunication sector. To contact Digital Realty Trust's Paris
office, call +33 1 55 27 36 45 or email Adam Levine at . About
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns,
acquires, repositions and manages technology-related real estate.
Digital Realty Trust's 62 properties, excluding one property held
in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and
operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology
industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacentre tenants.
Comprising approximately 11.4 million rentable square feet,
including 1.7 million square feet of space held for redevelopment,
Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 25 markets
throughout North America and Europe. For additional information,
please visit the Digital Realty Trust's website at
http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/. Safe Harbor Statement This
press release contains forward-looking statements which are based
on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and
results to differ materially. Such forward looking statements
include statements related to it redevelopment plans for its Paris
data center facility. These risks and uncertainties include adverse
economic or real estate developments in the Company's markets or
the technology industry, and specifically in the Paris market;
general economic conditions; defaults on or non-renewal of leases
by tenants; increased interest rates and operating costs; inability
to manage domestic and international growth effectively; failure to
obtain necessary outside financing; decreased rental rates or
increased vacancy rates; difficulties in identifying properties to
acquire and completing acquisitions at acceptable return levels;
failure to successfully operate acquired properties and operations;
failure of acquired properties to perform as expected; failure to
successfully redevelop properties acquired for such purposes or
unexpected costs related thereto; failure to maintain the Company's
status as a REIT; environmental uncertainties and risks related to
natural disasters; financial market fluctuations; changes in
foreign currency exchange rates; risks of operating in foreign
markets; and changes in real estate and zoning laws and 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 United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, including the Company's annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as updated by subsequent
reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed with the SEC. 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: A. William
Stein Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer Digital
Realty Trust, Inc. +1 (415) 738-6500 Pamela A. Matthews
Investor/Analyst Information Digital Realty Trust, Inc. +1 (415)
738-6500 Chris Crosby Sales & Technical Operations Digital
Realty Trust, Inc. +1 (214) 231-1350 DATASOURCE: Digital Realty
Trust, Inc. CONTACT: A. William Stein, Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Investment Officer, +1-415-738-6500, or Pamela A. Matthews,
Investor-Analyst Information, +1-415-738-6500, or Chris Crosby,
Sales & Technical Operations, +1-214-231-1350, all of Digital
Realty Trust, Inc. Web site: http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/
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