Expansion into Rome highlights Digital Realty's integrated
strategy across the Mediterranean, enhancing its ability to meet
growing customer demand in the region
ROME, Sept. 7,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the
largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center,
colocation and interconnection solutions, today announced its
expansion into the Italian market following the acquisition and
pre-development planning of land in Rome.
Digital Realty's expansion into Rome will further strengthen its position as
the leading provider of digital infrastructure capacity in the
Mediterranean region, building on its existing presence in
Athens, Marseille, and Zagreb, as well as hubs currently under
development in Barcelona,
Crete, and Tel Aviv. Situated in the middle of three
continents, the Mediterranean has become the gateway between
Europe, Africa, the Middle
East, and Asia, and is
attracting major intercontinental and regional subsea cable
systems, creating one of the most important interconnection and
digital traffic exchange areas in the world.
Rome is the European Union's
third largest city in terms of population and Italy's second largest by gross domestic
product. Its strategic geographical location makes the city
well-placed to grow its role as a global connectivity hub,
complementing Milan, as well as
increasing the resilience of Italy's national and international network
infrastructure. More importantly, it also helps the city play a key
role as a major connectivity hub in the center of the
Mediterranean.
Digital Realty's vision for the Italian capital as a key
Mediterranean connectivity hub is aligned with that of NAMEX,
Rome's Internet Exchange. "Digital
Realty and NAMEX have a common goal of transforming Rome into a leading global interconnection
hub," commented Maurizio Goretti,
CEO, NAMEX. Goretti continued: "Digital Realty's pedigree in
developing highly connected data communities in carrier-neutral
connectivity hubs is a critical ingredient in the achievement of
this goal."
The first data center (ROM1) is designed as a tier four
facility, as classified by the Uptime Institute. Construction is
expected to commence in Q4 2023. The site, which covers 22 hectares
of land (approximately 220,000 square meters) is located within 15
kilometers of the coast, making it an ideal interconnection point
for future subsea cables that will land in Rome.
Jan-Pieter Anten, Group Managing
Director EMEA, Digital Realty said: "Developing our first data
center in Rome is an important
part of our integrated strategy across the Mediterranean and
strengthens our leadership position in the region. It represents a
significant expansion of PlatformDIGITAL®, Digital Realty's global
data center platform, further supporting our customers as they
rapidly deploy their critical infrastructure at the heart of a
growing connected data community."
Alessandro Talotta, Managing
Director, Digital Realty in Italy,
added: "The delivery of a carrier-neutral facility in Rome will help enable the digital
transformation strategies of local enterprises and global customers
in the region. Our customers will greatly benefit from the facility
being highly connected to both terrestrial and subsea cable
networks."
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies
and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center,
colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the
company's global data center platform, provides customers with a
secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter
Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation
and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty
gives its customers access to the connected data communities that
matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+
facilities in 50+ metros across 27 countries on six continents. To
learn more about Digital Realty, please visit
digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and
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