Monday, July 11, 2011

Digital Realty Trust to present Modular Solution to Data Centre needs in Singapore

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:DLR), a global wholesale datacentre provider, will present at the DC Strategics 2011 and the CIO Strategics 2011 conferences. The conferences and expo will be held in Singapore on 22 July 2011 at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia.

Kris Kumar, Regional Head, Asia Pacific, Digital Realty Trust, will present an overview of the factors driving Singapore's datacentre market growth at the DC Strategics 2011 conference. This will be followed by a discussion of what constitutes a modular datacentre and the cost, energy efficiency and other advantages to the customer of using this approach to data centre construction. Mr. Kumar will also provide insight into Digital Realty Trust's next evolution of the modular construct.

A Digital Realty Trust market study revealed 86% of enterprise level companies in the Asia Pacific region will definitely/probably expand datacentres in 2011. In Singapore alone, industry estimates the total commercial data centre space to grow from 2.4 million square feet in 2010 t0 3.6 million square feet in 2015. (Broadgroup, 2010)


At the co-located conference, CIO Strategics 2011, Jim Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Realty Trust, and Mr. Kumar will address CIO attendees and present a datacentre specialist’s approach to an integrated customer services for data centres.

Digital Realty Trust will be host to the Southeast Asia launch of the CIO Klub, an offline community of CIOs and senior technology executives. The cocktail event is expected to draw over 120 CIOs from India and Southeast Asia, including Singapore.

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. enables customers to deliver critical business applications by providing secure, reliable and cost effective datacentre facilities. Digital Realty Trust'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 Trust's 96 properties, excluding two properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprise approximately 16.9 million square feet as of April 28, 2011, including 2.2 million square feet of space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 28 markets throughout Europe, North America and Singapore. Additional information about Digital Realty Trust is included in the Company Overview, which is available on the Investors page of Digital Realty Trust's website at http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com.

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