Michael Manos to Spearhead New Professional Services SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR), the world's largest wholesale datacenter provider, has launched a new offering called POD Architecture Services(SM) to provide design and construction services to companies that own or want to own their own datacenter facility, and would like to leverage Digital Realty Trust's datacenter expertise and resources. This new product offering will enable customers to license Digital Realty Trust's datacenter design packages, benefit from the Company's procurement supply chain, and utilize the Digital Realty Trust team's proven Gating Process(SM) for enterprise control throughout the construction process. This new service will be managed by Michael Manos, who recently joined Digital Realty Trust as Senior Vice President of Technical Services. "These services fill a gap in the market between a pure do-it-yourself approach and leasing wholesale space from an outsourced provider such as Digital Realty Trust. Many companies want to own their own datacenter, but they do not have the internal skill set and experience to successfully tackle a construction project with the scope and complexity of a major datacenter facility," said Michael Manos. "By using Digital Realty Trust's POD Architecture Services(SM), those companies can retain ownership of the facility and the process, while dramatically reducing the risks, costs and timeline by working with a team that has built hundreds of datacenters around the world." Digital Realty Trust's fee-based POD Architecture Services(SM) enable companies to: -- License Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenter(SM) design package, including its proprietary Design Engineering Guidelines, schematics, one-lines, BOMs, project/site basis and airflow modeling - enabling companies to benefit from the efficiencies of Digital Realty Trust's proven model. -- Access Digital Realty Trust's supply chain for procurement of datacenter components - providing companies with significant pricing advantages and accelerated delivery of equipment via Digital Realty Trust's vendor partnerships. -- Benefit from Digital Realty Trust's proprietary Gating Process(SM) - providing enterprises with a series of sign offs and checks that give them complete control of the program from ROM to Final Product with input and final decision-making power. Unlike traditional development methods for build-to-suit projects, Digital Realty Trust's Gating Process(TM) provides customers with transparency and inputs at key stages of the project -- from scope and schematic through commissioning and completion. -- Leverage Digital Realty Trust's expertise in the datacenter construction management process, including negotiation of contracts, coordination with contractors and oversight of commissioning procedures - a key component of Digital Realty Trust's Gating Process(SM). -- Take advantage of Digital Realty Trust's expertise in the specific challenges related to datacenter development and project management, including obtaining contracts, securing permits, coordination with local agencies and service providers and building the facility - another key component of Digital Realty Trust's Gating Process(SM). -- Benefit from Digital Realty Trust's award-winning green datacenter and energy efficiency program and expertise. -- Receive support from the world's largest wholesale datacenter company whose design, engineering, construction and operations teams are able to support datacenter projects of any size and location. "This is a natural extension of our business because it offers our expertise to a segment of the market that wants to own their datacenter but that needs an expert to help them build it. They are looking for someone to take responsibility for the process of building and delivering the completed project," said Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President at Digital Realty Trust. "By using our POD Architecture Services(SM), customers can utilize everything from our blueprints to our relationships with vendors - as well as the expertise that Mike Manos brings to the process. The savings in hard costs alone can total in the tens of millions of dollars." "Digital Realty Trust is at the forefront of transforming datacenter design and construction. As customers increasingly adopt modular approaches to datacenters that speed time to market and lower upfront costs, blueprints such as those from Digital Realty will be in demand in both hosted facilities as well as customers' own facilities. These professional services also align with customers' growing scrutiny of capital investments and efforts to ensure that expenditures on datacenter projects are spent efficiently and wisely," said Michelle Bailey, Research Vice President, Enterprise Platforms at IDC. "With this announcement, Digital Realty Trust extends both its addressable market and company brand." For more information about Digital Realty Trust's POD Architecture Services, visit http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/. About Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Digital Realty Trust owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key Datacenter(SM) and Powered Base Building(SM) datacenter solutions for domestic and international tenants across a variety of industry verticals ranging from information technology and internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty Trust's 75 properties, excluding one property held as an investment in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacenter tenants. Comprising approximately 13.0 million square feet as of June 30, 2009, including 1.1 million square feet of space held for redevelopment, Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 27 markets throughout Europe and North America. For additional information, please visit 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, including statements related to the Company's POD Architecture Services(SM). These risks and uncertainties include the impact of the current deterioration in the global economy, including the turmoil in the financial and credit markets; the downturn of local economic conditions in our geographic markets; decreases in information technology spending, including as a result of economic slowdowns or recession; adverse economic or real estate developments in our industry or the industry sectors that we sell to; decreases in real estate valuations and resulting impairment charges; our dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of one or more major tenants or a significant number of smaller tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; our failure to obtain necessary debt and equity financing for refinancing current debt obligations, undertaking or completing redevelopment, completing acquisitions or other purposes; increased interest rates and operating costs; our failure to repay debt when due or our breach of covenants or other terms contained in our loan documents; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; our ability to manage our growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; our failure to successfully operate acquired or redeveloped properties; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of our lack of control of certain of these investments; delays or unexpected costs in development or redevelopment of properties; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; inability to successfully redevelop and lease new properties and space held for redevelopment; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; our inability to acquire off-market properties; our inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to public companies; our failure to maintain our status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; restrictions on our ability to engage in certain business activities; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; 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, including the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009. 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 Pamela A. Matthews Chief Financial Officer and Investor/Analyst Information Chief Investment Officer Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. +1 415-738-6500 +1 415-738-6500 Chris Crosby Sales & Technical Services 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 Services, +1-214-231-1350, all of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Web Site: http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/

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