Digital Realty

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Company typePublic company
IndustryReal estate investment trust
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
HeadquartersAustin, Texas, U.S.
Key people
 Mary Hogan Preusse (Chairman)
Andrew P. Power (CEO & President)
ProductsData centers
RevenueIncrease US$4.69 billion (2022)
Increase US$2.47 billion (2022)
Total assetsIncrease US$153.32 billion (2022)
Total equityIncrease US$9.879 billion (2019)
Number of employees
3,450 (2023)
Websitedigitalrealty.com
Footnotes / references
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Digital Realty data center in Markham, Ontario

Digital Realty is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and invests in carrier-neutral data centers across the world. The company offers data center, colocation and interconnection services.

As of June 2023, Digital Realty has 300+ facilities in 50+ metro areas across 25+ countries on six continents. The company operates in the following regions: the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.[2]


In 2020, Digital Realty joined the Science-Based Target Initiative, committing to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030 against a 2018 baseline.[3][4] The company is also a signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Center Pact, a self-regulatory initiative – drawn up in collaboration with the European Data Center Association (EUDCA) and Cloud Infrastructure Services Provider in Europe (CISPE) – designed to make the industry climate neutral by 2030.[5]

In July 2023, Digital Realty received a Certificate of Conformity, certifying its adherence to the Self-Regulatory Initiatives (‘SRIs’) set out by the Pact in Europe.[6]

Digital Realty is a leading purchaser of renewable energy in the industry and is making considerable efforts to make the switch to renewable power across its entire portfolio.[7][8] 126 data centers globally are matched with renewable energy, with 100% renewable energy powering its European portfolio and U.S. colocation data centers.[9][10] Digital Realty has 1 GW of wind and solar projects under contract in U.S. states including Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, Oregon, Arizona and Virginia.[10][11] Its renewable portfolio resulted in 1.8 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions (MtCO2e) avoided in 2022, which is comparable to the annual electricity needs of 361,800 U.S. homes.[10] The company has also installed 1.8 MW of solar panels at properties in Kenya, Greece, Switzerland, and South Korea.[10][12]

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  2. ^ "Digital Reality Trust". Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Digital Realty makes gains on data centre sustainability in Singapore with new cooling tower initiative". Intelligent Data Centres. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  4. ^ Panettieri, Joe (2023-07-19). "Digital Realty Data Centers Leverage IBM ESG Software for Carbon Monitoring, Reduction Strategy". Sustainable Tech Partner. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  5. ^ "Signatories – Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact". Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  6. ^ "Digital Realty attains climate-neutral conformity certificate". DataCentreNews UK. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  7. ^ "How Digital Realty is Leveraging PPAs to Lead on Renewables". Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  8. ^ "Digital Realty invests in photovoltaics through power purchase agreement with ENGIE". Intelligent Data Centres. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  9. ^ "Digital Realty reaches 1GW of certified sustainable capacity". datacentremagazine.com. 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  10. ^ a b c d "Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  11. ^ "Digital Realty wins U.S. efficiency rating and commits to solar". DataCenterNews Asia Pacific. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  12. ^ Swinhoe, Dan (2023-05-26). "Everything data center operators need to know about Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)". Retrieved 2023-08-10.