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Monday, September 30 2019 - 20:30
AsiaNet
MC Digital Realty To Acquire Additional Land In Tokyo To Develop 120-Megawatt Connected Campus
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Digital Realty  ( 
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) (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and 
interconnection solutions, announced today it has signed an agreement to 
acquire an additional plot of land in Tokyo.  MC Digital Realty expects to 
close on the acquisition in the first quarter of 2020.  The new site is 
strategically located in Greater Tokyo's Inzai data center cluster, in close 
proximity to the five-acre parcel MC Digital Realty acquired earlier this year, 
likewise located in the Inzai data center cluster and expected to support the 
development of a 38-megawatt facility (NRT10). 

Under MC Digital Realty's Tokyo Connected Campus @ Inzai development roadmap, 
the first building to be constructed on the new land parcel will be a 
36-megawatt facility (NRT11), followed by a 30-megawatt facility (NRT12) and an 
18-megawatt facility (NRT13), each subject to customer demand.  The two parcels 
will be combined to construct a connected campus, expected to deliver more than 
120 megawatts of total IT capacity for global and regional customers.  The 
combination of the two parcels further solidifies MC Digital Realty's presence 
in the Inzai data center cluster, one of the highest density areas in Japan, 
with well-established utility and connectivity infrastructure and home to many 
leading global cloud providers and financial institutions.  

"Japan is a high-priority market for our customers, and we're excited to be 
expanding our footprint in the country," said Digital Realty Chief Executive 
Officer A. William Stein.  "The acquisition of additional land in Tokyo will 
not only enable us to meet the region's growth in cloud adoption and need for 
low-latency infrastructure for new technologies such as AI and 5G but will also 
bring the benefits of our connected campus model to accelerate the business 
growth of our local customers."  

"Tokyo is home to a number of leading local and international organizations and 
remains one of the key data center markets within the Asia Pacific region and 
around the world," added Mark Smith, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Digital 
Realty.  "We look forward to strengthening our presence in Tokyo to further 
serve Japan's growing digital economy." 

About MC Digital Realty
MC Digital Realty is a 50/50 joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and 
Digital Realty formed in 2017.  MC Digital Realty provides clients in Japan a 
secure, globally connected and efficient platform to host their digital assets, 
combining Mitsubishi Corporation's local enterprise expertise with Digital 
Realty's global data center leadership and operational excellence.  

About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the data center, colocation and interconnection 
strategies of more than 2,000 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio 
of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia 
and Australia.  Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international 
companies of all sizes, ranging from cloud and information technology services, 
communications and social networking to financial services, manufacturing, 
energy, healthcare, and consumer products.  www.digitalrealty.asia.  Follow 
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For Additional Information
Andrew P. Power
Chief Financial Officer
Digital Realty
+1 (415) 738-6500

Media and Industry Analyst Relations
Marc Musgrove
Digital Realty
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mmusgrove@digitalrealty.com

Investor Relations
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Digital Realty
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investorrelations@digitalrealty.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 expected timing and benefits 
developing our data center campus in Tokyo (NRT11), our joint venture with 
Mitsubishi Corporation, the expected data center demand in Japan and our plans 
and expectations in the Asia Pacific region.  These risks and uncertainties 
include, among others, the following:  reduced demand for data centers or 
decreases in information technology spending; decreased rental rates, increased 
operating costs or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available 
supply of data center space; the suitability of our data centers and data 
center infrastructure, delays or disruptions in connectivity or availability of 
power, or failures or breaches of our physical and information security 
infrastructure or services; our dependence upon significant customers, 
bankruptcy or insolvency of a major customer or a significant number of smaller 
customers, or defaults on or non-renewal of leases by customers; breaches of 
our obligations or restrictions under our contracts with our customers; our 
inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and development 
space, and delays or unexpected costs in development of properties; the impact 
of current global and local economic, credit and market conditions; our 
inability to retain data center space that we lease or sublease from third 
parties; difficulties managing an international business and acquiring or 
operating properties in foreign jurisdictions and unfamiliar metropolitan 
areas; our failure to realize the intended benefits from, or disruptions to our 
plans and operations or unknown or contingent liabilities related to, our 
recent acquisitions; our failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired 
or developed properties or businesses; difficulties in identifying properties 
to acquire and completing acquisitions; risks related to joint venture 
investments, including as a result of our lack of control of such investments; 
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; our failure to obtain 
necessary debt and equity financing, and our dependence on external sources of 
capital; financial market fluctuations and changes in foreign currency exchange 
rates; 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 and goodwill and other intangible 
asset impairment charges; our inability to manage our growth effectively; 
losses in excess of our insurance coverage; environmental liabilities and risks 
related to natural disasters; our inability to comply with rules and 
regulations applicable to our Company; our failure to maintain our status as a 
REIT for federal income tax purposes; our operating partnership's failure to 
qualify as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; restrictions on our 
ability to engage in certain business activities; and changes in local, state, 
federal and international laws and regulations, including related to taxation, 
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, 2018 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters 
ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019.  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.  

SOURCE: Digital Realty