SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty
Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading owner and manager of corporate and Internet
gateway datacentres, will present a Webinar about emerging trends in the
European datacentre market on Monday, 18 February 2008 at 12:00 p.m. GMT. The
Webinar will be hosted by Bernard Geoghegan, Vice President, who oversees
Digital Realty Trust's operations in Europe. Digital Realty Trust's portfolio
consists of 70 properties located in 26 markets throughout Europe and North
America.
Topics addressed in this presentation will include:
-- Major trends that will influence the European datacentre market in
2008
-- The leading issues driving datacentre expansion requirements
-- Key factors in selecting a geographic location for a new datacentre
-- Important power requirements for new datacentres
-- The impact of virtualization on datacentre space requirements
-- Criteria that users are adopting to evaluate potential partners and
make their datacentre decisions
-- Comparisons between datacentre requirements in the Europe and in the
United States To register for this Webinar, visit
http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com/email/DLR_EM_BG_Webinar_Invite.htm. An
archived version of the Webinar will also be available at
http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com after 18 February 2008.
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and
manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing
Turn-Key Datacentre(TM) and Powered Base Building(TM) datacentre 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 70 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 datacentre tenants.
Comprising approximately 12.3 million rentable square feet as of February 7,
2008, including 1.8 million square feet of space held for redevelopment,
Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 26 markets throughout North
America and Europe. 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. These risks and uncertainties include adverse economic or real
estate developments in the Company's markets or the technology industry;
general economic conditions; reduced IT spending, defaults on or non-renewal
of leases by tenants; increased interest rates and operating costs; inability
to manage domestic and international growth effectively; failure to obtain
necessary outside financing; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy
rates; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing
acquisitions at acceptable return levels; failure to successfully operate
acquired properties and operations; failure of acquired properties to perform
as expected; failure to successfully redevelop properties acquired for such
purposes or unexpected costs related thereto; failure to maintain the
Company's status as a REIT; environmental uncertainties and risks related to
natural disasters; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency
exchange rates; risks of operating in foreign markets; and 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, or SEC, including the Company's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, as updated by subsequent
reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed with the SEC. 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 SteinPamela 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 Operations
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
+1 214 231 1350
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