SAN FRANCISCO, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), the global data center and colocation company, has named Krupal Raval as Vice President, Investor Relations.  He will report to John Stewart, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations. 

Mr. Raval has more than 10 years of financial services and REIT industry experience.  Prior to joining Digital Realty, he most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of the India platform for Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.  He previously held the role of Vice President, Capital Markets at Alexandria, where his responsibilities included oversight of financial reporting, corporate finance, investor relations and marketing.  From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Raval was an analyst on the REIT team at Fidelity Investments and, prior to that, was an associate on Citigroup Investment Research's top-ranked REIT Equity Research team. 

Digital Realty's Interim Chief Executive Officer A. William Stein remarked, "Krupal brings a very unique perspective, having followed Digital Realty as both a sell-side analyst as well as a buy-side investor, in addition to having built a best-in-class REIT investor communication program.  We have known Krupal since our initial public offering in 2004, and we are excited about the value he can add, as well as the organizational depth he enables us to build." 

For Additional Information:
John J. Stewart
Senior Vice President
Investor Relations
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
+1 (415) 738-6500

About Digital Realty
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. focuses on delivering customer-driven data center solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost-effective facilities that meet each customer's unique data center needs.  Digital Realty's customers include domestic and international companies across multiple industry verticals ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, health care and consumer products.  Digital Realty's 131 properties, including 12 properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprised approximately 24.5 million square feet as of December 31, 2013, including approximately 1.8 million square feet of space under active development and 1.3 million square feet of space held for future development.  Digital Realty's portfolio is located in 33 markets throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.  Additional information about Digital Realty is included in the Company Overview, which is available on the Investors page of Digital Realty's website at http://www.digitalrealty.com.

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SOURCE Digital Realty Trust, Inc.