Digital Realty Completes Second Sale/Leaseback Transaction With Delta Air Lines For Its Minneapolis Data Center

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 1500 Towerview Road in Eagan, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The 329,000 square foot data center facility, situated on 39 acres of land, is fully leased to Delta Air Lines. The purchase price was $37 million.

Structured as a sale-leaseback transaction, Delta Air Lines has signed an eight-year, triple net lease with Digital Realty for the facility. The three-level facility consists of approximately 86,000 square feet of raised-floor data center space capable of supporting an IT load of 8.0 megawatts.

"The acquisition of Towerview further expands our footprint in a key U.S. market and deepens our relationship with an existing customer—a major commercial airline with an extensive domestic and international network," said Michael F. Foust, chief executive officer of Digital Realty. "We look forward to continuing to work with Delta Air Lines to support their future data center requirements."

"We are beginning to see more enterprise customers, such as Delta, looking to Digital Realty to help them monetize their real estate assets while continuing to support their critical operations with a well-capitalized, long-term data center owner," said Scott Peterson, chief acquisitions officer of Digital Realty. "Our deep financial resources, acquisitions experience, and reputation with customers and sellers enable us to source and structure these complex transactions while achieving an attractive return for our shareholders."

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. focuses on delivering customer driven data center solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost effective facilities that meet each customer's unique data center needs. Digital Realty's customers include domestic and international companies across multiple industry verticals ranging from information technology and Internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty's 121 properties, excluding three properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprise approximately 22.2 million square feet as of February 28, 2013, including 2.4 million square feet of space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty's portfolio is located in 32 markets throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Additional information about Digital Realty is included in the Company Overview, which is available on the Investors page of Digital Realty's website at http://www.digitalrealty.com.

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