Digital Realty Brings AWS Direct Connect to Fast-Growing Atlanta Metro Area

SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today the availability of AWS Direct Connect at its ATL1 and ATL2 data center facilities in downtown Atlanta.  The on-ramp bolsters Digital Realty's overall cloud connectivity solution set, complementing the recently expanded AWS Direct Connect capabilities at Sovereign House in London along with the company's Service Exchange for on-demand cloud connectivity.  The on-ramp will enable enterprise customers of Digital Realty's colocation offerings in Atlanta to reap the performance, stability and security-related benefits of having a private, direct connection to AWS. 

A recent report from commercial real estate leader and Digital Realty partner CBRE noted that tech jobs in Atlanta grew 46.7% from 2010 to 2016, making it the nation's ninth largest technology talent pool, and placing it ahead of other U.S. tech leaders, including Austin, Boston, Denver, Phoenix and Raleigh-Durham.  With more than 13,000 technology companies, the city is an extremely appealing interconnection location for enterprises, telecommunications providers and cloud providers seeking its low risk of natural disasters, low costs, reliable power, strong fiber infrastructure and peering capabilities.  In March 2017, Digital Realty announced an expansion of its Atlanta connected campus footprint with the opening of a new facility comprising approximately 18,000 square feet of incremental capacity. 

"The availability of AWS Direct Connect in Digital Realty's Atlanta data centers further strengthens the region's technical infrastructure, which has grown in importance as the number and types of technology leaders there have continued to rise over the past decade," said Dan Thompson, senior analyst at 451 Research.  "Digital Realty continues to deliver on the cloud-enabled interconnection strategy it initiated with the Service Exchange launch last year, delivering value to global enterprises seeking to further their own cloud initiatives." 

AWS Direct Connect
AWS Direct Connect makes it easy for businesses to establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to AWS.  Using AWS Direct Connect, users can establish private connectivity between AWS and their datacenter, office, or colocation environment, which in many cases can reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections.  Using industry standard 802.1q VLANs, AWS Direct Connect can be partitioned into multiple virtual interfaces.  This allows users to use the same connection to access public resources such as objects stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) using public IP address space, and private resources such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances running within an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) using private IP space, while maintaining network separation between the public and private environments.  Virtual interfaces can be reconfigured at any time to meet users' changing needs. 

Digital Realty Service Exchange
Service Exchange provides enterprises private, secure, high throughput, low latency access over a single interface to cloud service providers and partners, overcoming some of the inherent challenges and limitations of internet access and enabling critical workloads that may not have been possible previously.  Service Exchange allows users to manage physical and virtual connections through a single portal, giving them the visibility and reporting capabilities they need to address their connectivity requirements more rapidly and efficiently. 

Digital Realty offers a full spectrum of global data center solutions.  The company owns and operates 145 properties encompassing approximately 23 million square feet across 33 global metropolitan areas, enabling customers to expand from a single cabinet to a multi-megawatt facility as their needs grow, with no change in providers and no interruption in service. 

"Today's announcement builds on our momentum in cloud service delivery and in providing these services to the fast-growing Southeast region," said Chris Sharp, Digital Realty's Chief Technology Officer.  "We are extremely pleased to work with AWS to bring this critical capability to this incredibly innovative market, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with them as we expand direct connections globally." 

About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the data center, colocation and interconnection strategies of more than 2,300 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.  www.digitalrealty.com

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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 expected benefits of AWS Direct Connect, including its impact in our Atlanta data centers, the expected expansion and offerings in our Atlanta data centers, Digital Realty Service Exchange, the expected development and growth of the Atlanta metropolitan area.  These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: the impact of current global economic, credit and market conditions; current local economic conditions in the metropolitan areas in which we operate; 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 (including risks relating to decreasing real estate valuations and impairment charges); our dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant 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; risks associated with using debt to fund our business activities, including re-financing and interest rate risks, our failure to repay debt when due, adverse changes in our credit ratings or our breach of covenants or other terms contained in our loan facilities and agreements; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; our inability to manage our growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; our failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired or developed properties or businesses; the suitability of our properties and data center infrastructure, delays or disruptions in connectivity, failure of our physical and information security infrastructure or services or availability of power; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of our lack of control of such investments; delays or unexpected costs in development of properties; decreased rental rates, increased operating costs or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; our inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and development space; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; our inability to acquire off-market properties; the impact of the United Kingdom's referendum on withdrawal from the European Union on global financial markets and our business; our inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting 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; losses in excess of our insurance coverage; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; and changes in local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including 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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.  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. 

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