Digital Realty Announces Grand Opening Of First Japanese Data Centre, "Digital Osaka 1"

SINGAPORE, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today the official opening of Digital Osaka 1, its first data centre in Japan.  The new facility spans approximately 93,000 square feet and provides 7.6 megawatts of IT capacity.  Digital Osaka 1's robust power architecture enables the company to support the data centre and colocation requirements of global cloud providers in Osaka. 

Digital Realty also announced the acquisition of an adjacent land parcel for the development of a Digital Osaka 2 data centre. Upon completion, the Osaka connected campus will support up to 27 megawatts of additional IT capacity. 

"We are very excited to open our first data center in Japan, expand our global network, and provide critical infrastructure for our customers with IT deployments in Osaka," said Edward Higase, Managing Director, Asia Pacific for Digital Realty. "Digital Osaka 1 was fully leased prior to the official opening, a reflection of the strong demand in the Japanese market for Digital Realty's comprehensive data centre solutions. The development of our Osaka connected campus will enable us to further expand our world-class data centre platform and support our customers' rapidly growing demand here and around the world." 

Osaka is a thriving financial and colocation centre and a gateway for international exchanges. The Kansai region centered around Osaka has a population of approximately 20 million people and a GDP of approximately 80 trillion yen.  It is home to a broad cross-section of companies spanning a wide variety of industrial fields, as well as universities and specialist organizations carrying out high-level research and technological development. 

"We are very pleased to expand our footprint in Osaka and to continue building upon our relationships and community in this global financial and colocation hub," said A. William Stein, Digital Realty's Chief Executive Officer. "With the addition of Osaka to our global connected campus network, customers will soon have new opportunities to connect, extend their reach and find new business opportunities across our global data centre platform." 

Japan has become one of the most highly sought-after markets for cloud data centre locations, according to a Canalys report. Strict data sovereignty laws and high customer demand are some of the factors pushing cloud service providers to seek data centres in Japan, where personal data is increasingly required to be stored in facilities that are physically located within the country.  

"I am very pleased that Digital Realty, one of the world's leading providers of data centre solutions, is establishing a data centre in Saito, Ibaraki City," said Yoichi Fukuoka, Mayor of Ibaraki City, Osaka. "For our city planning and the continuous progress of Saito as a base for research and development, we consider this a very meaningful development. Through this opportunity, we hope that Digital Realty will expand its global data centre platform and further advance it worldwide." 

Digital Realty offers a full spectrum of global data centre solutions. The company owns and operates 145 properties encompassing approximately 23 million square feet across 33 global metropolitan areas, enabling customers to expand from a single cabinet to a multi-megawatt facility as their needs grow, with no change in providers and no interruption in service. The company's Service Exchange interconnection platform (powered by Megaport), which launched in November 2016, facilitates direct, private and secure connections, or virtual cross connects, to multiple cloud service providers – including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure – as well as telecommunications providers and other Digital Realty customers worldwide.  Customers can actively manage their virtual cross connects through MarketplacePORTAL, Digital Realty's award-winning online customer platform, and scale the bandwidth of their connections up or down as needed. 

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty supports the data centre, colocation and interconnection strategies of more than 2,300 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centres located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products. For more information visit www.digitalrealty.asia, follow us on Twitter at @DigitalAPAC and see our blog at https://apac.digitalrealty.com. 

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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, including statements related to our opening at the Digital Osaka 1 Data Centre site in Osaka; the purchase of land for a Digital Osaka 2 facility, development plans, including expected megawatt capacity and timing of construction; demand locally and globally; expected benefits of Service Exchange; expected benefits of MarketplacePORTAL; growth strategy; and survey results, including expectations regarding expansion plans.  These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: the impact of current global economic, credit and market conditions; current local economic conditions in the metropolitan areas in which we operate; decreases in information technology spending, including as a result of economic slowdowns or recession; 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); our dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; our failure to obtain necessary debt and equity financing; 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; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; our inability to manage our growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; our failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired or developed properties or businesses; the suitability of our properties and data center infrastructure, delays or disruptions in connectivity, failure of our physical and information security infrastructure or services or availability of power; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of our lack of control of such investments; delays or unexpected costs in development of properties; decreased rental rates, increased operating costs or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; our inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and development space; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; our inability to acquire off-market properties; the impact of the United Kingdom's referendum on withdrawal from the European Union on global financial markets and our business; our inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting companies; our inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting companies; our failure to maintain our status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; restrictions on our ability to engage in certain business activities; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; losses in excess of our insurance coverage; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; and changes in local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including 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 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017.  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:

Omer M. Wilson
Senior Director of Marketing
Asia Pacific
Digital Realty 
[email protected] 
+65 6505 3951

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