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Digital Realty Trust Facility in Charlotte to House Advanced, New Datacenter for Hosted Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading owner and manager of corporate and Internet gateway datacenters, today announced that Hosted Solutions (http://www.hostedsolutions.com) will establish a mission critical datacenter in Digital Realty Trust's 125 North Myers Street facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The site encompasses over 15,000 square feet of space, including over 7,500 square foot of raised floor Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) space, with adjoining shell space for expansion. This will significantly increase Hosted Solutions' data center capabilities to meet demand for its managed services from customers in Charlotte, upstate South Carolina and nationwide.

"We are very excited to announce the opening of our second Charlotte datacenter," said Rich Lee, Founder and CEO of Hosted Solutions. "The opening of this datacenter is a testament to Hosted Solutions' commitment to grow strategically in our current markets while giving our customers the personal relationship of a small company and the resources of an enterprise organization. Digital Realty Trust's state-of-the-art facility is the ideal environment to support our customer's needs, and it has been a valued partner in the process of establishing this new datacenter."

"Hosted Solutions was seeking a premiere facility with advanced security, cooling and power systems, and our facilities in Charlotte fit all of the company's technical requirements. The facility is a major hub for communications infrastructure in the Southeast, making it an ideal environment for managed services companies like Hosted Solutions that want a wide range of connectivity options," said Chris Crosby, Senior Vice President of Digital Realty Trust.

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 Hosted Solutions

Hosted Solutions delivers enterprise class managed hosting and data center services to organizations with the need for highly available applications and infrastructure. Hosted Solutions robust line of managed services ensure industry leading network, infrastructure, and hardware uptimes enabling customers to reduce operating costs, focus on their core competencies, and achieve their top business objectives. The company operates five SAS 70 Type II certified Data Centers in Boston MA, Charlotte NC, Raleigh NC, and Cary NC providing world class data center operations with hardened physical infrastructure, security, and a complete managed services portfolio. For more information visit http://www.hostedsolutions.com.

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, redevelops, develops 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 70 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 12.3 million rentable square feet as of January 30, 2008, including 1.8 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.

Safe Harbor Statement

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 Hosted Solutions' expansion within Digital Realty Trust's facilities. These risks and uncertainties include adverse economic or real estate developments in the Company's markets or the technology industry; general economic conditions; reduced IT spending, 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 Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (415) 738-6500 Pamela A. Matthews Investor/Analyst Information Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (415) 738-6500 Chris Crosby Sales & Technical Operations Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (214) 231-1350

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