SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. , a leading owner and manager of corporate datacenters and Internet gateways, today announced that Carpathia Hosting has signed a long-term Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) lease to establish a major new datacenter in a Digital Realty Trust facility in Northern Virginia. The 25,000 square foot datacenter will support Carpathia Hosting's operations in the Washington, D.C. area, meeting the needs of government agencies and the technology integrators that serve them.
The Carpathia Hosting datacenter was developed using Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) space as foundation, augmented with enhancements to meet Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) requirements. Through a partnership with a third party auditing agency, the new facility has been designed from the ground up under strict DCID 6/9 (Director of Central Intelligence Directive) and TIA-942 (Telecommunications Industry Association) compliance to ensure swift government certification and accreditation. Currently in the final stages of construction, the new facility will be available for occupation in February of 2008.
"Our investment in this new state of the art datacenter is reflective of Carpathia's commitment towards providing government integrators with the highest quality solutions available for their government customers," stated Rick Smith CEO to Carpathia Hosting.
"We're very happy to be working with Carpathia on this datacenter to support its operations in Northern Virginia. Our Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) space enables companies like Carpathia to respond swiftly to market demand by deploying new datacenters quickly and cost-effectively," said Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President of Digital Realty Trust. "Datacenters are critical operational assets for companies like Carpathia Hosting, and our facilities provide state-of-the-art environments for supporting mission critical infrastructure, with advanced cooling, power and redundancy features to ensure that vital applications are available. Additionally, the level of flexibility of the POD Architecture(TM) coupled with the high level of expertise from our world-class Design & Construction team allowed Digital Realty Trust to provide a SCIF datacenter in a timely fashion for our customer."
Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenters(TM) are scalable from hundreds of kilowatts of IT Load to megawatts of IT load and are located in markets throughout North America and Europe. Each Turn-Key facility is physically secure and features a state-of-the-art power and cooling architecture that has been optimized for green operation. Every Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) is built using the company's proprietary POD Architecture(TM) and uses metered power to ensure that clients pay only for the power that they use. Each Turn-Key facility is also managed via Digital Realty Trust's Critical Facilities Management(TM) program to ensure the maximum uptime of mission critical applications.
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, develops, redevelops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company is focused on providing Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) and Powered Base Building(TM) datacenter 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 67 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 datacenter tenants. Comprising approximately 12.0 million rentable square feet, including 1.7 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/.
About Carpathia Hosting, Inc.
Carpathia Hosting, ranked one of the top 25 technology firms in the Washington DC area by The Washington Business Journal, is a leading provider of enterprise application hosting for government agencies and businesses that require 100% application availability. Employing dynamic technologies that remove hardware dependencies and improve efficiencies, Carpathia Hosting solutions strive to reduce operational costs while surpassing SLA requirements. As a datacenter neutral company, Carpathia Hosting is quickly becoming the hosting company of choice for companies that demand security, quality and high performance. Contact Carpathia Hosting at 1-888-200-9494 or visit http://www.carpathiahost.com/ for more information.
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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. Such forward looking statements include statements related to the Company's expansion plans in its Northern Virginia facility. These risks and uncertainties include adverse economic or real estate developments in the Company's markets or the technology industry; general economic conditions; 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 Stein Pamela A. Matthews Chief Financial Officer and Investor/Analyst Information Chief Investment Officer Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (415) 738-6500 (415) 738-6500 Chris Crosby Sales & Technical Operations Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (214) 231-1350
