Digital Reality Trust, Inc. Announces 18 New Meet Me Room Customer Agreements

August 16, 2005; 07:24 AM

San Francisco – August 16, 2005 – Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), an owner and manager of corporate data centers and Internet gateways, today announced 18 new and expanding customers at its nationwide portfolio of state-of-the-art Meet Me Rooms. Meet Me Rooms are facilities that allow telecom carriers and network service providers to cost-effectively cross connect their networks to support the buying, selling and sharing of bandwidth. Digital Realty Trust offers telecommunications carriers and network ISPs advanced Meet Me Room facilities through its portfolio of Internet Gateway Facilities, providing customers connectivity to other carriers and colocation customers with no cross connection fees.

Customers that have recently signed agreements to become tenants or expand their presence in Digital Realty Trust Meet Me Rooms in Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, New York/New Jersey, Los Angeles and Santa Clara include:

•           360networks

•           Broadwing Communications

•           ColoExchange

•           FiberTower

•           Level (3) Communications

•           Lexent Metro Connect

•           LiveOps

•           Looking Glass Networks

•           NetLogic

•           Phone1

•           San Carlos Telecom

•           SBC

•           T-Systems

•           Telwest

•           Union Datacom

•           Verizon

•           Wilshire Connection

•           WilTel Communications

“Digital Realty Trust is unique in the technology real estate market because our expertise in telecommunications gives us an in-depth understanding of the very specific technical and business needs of carriers seeking space in a Meet Me Room,” said Michael F. Foust, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Trust.

“We are a true partner with our Meet Me Room tenants, and that unique value proposition has led to continued momentum for Digital Realty Trust in this market.”

For more information about Digital Realty Trust’s Meet Me Room facilities, please contact Chris Crosby at 214-880-0450 or ccrosby@digitalrealtytrust.com.

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, repositions and manages technology-related real estate. The Company’s 34 properties contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise data center tenants. Comprising approximately 7.9 million net rentable square feet, excluding space held for redevelopment, Digital Realty Trust’s property portfolio is located throughout the United States and in Western Europe. For additional information, please visit the company’s website at www.digitalrealtytrust.com.