IXEurope Signs Major Datacentre Agreement with Digital Realty Trust, Inc. to Secure Space in Paris Facility

July 3, 2007; 01:05 AM

San Francisco and Paris -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), a leading owner and manager of corporate datacentres and Internet gateways, announced on Monday that IXEurope Plc (AIM: IXE), Europe's specialist datacentre services company, has signed a new lease for 2,500 square metres (approx. 26,000 square feet) of Powered Base Building(TM) space in Digital Realty Trust's facility in Paris, France. IXEurope (http://www.ixeurope.com) plans to create an advanced datacentre facility and expects to begin making space available to customers in the fourth quarter of 2007.

"Extending our presence in this prime location in Paris is in direct response to demand for highly specified datacentre capacity and reflects our expectations on the forward growth and momentum of the business," said Michel Brignano, General Manager, IXEurope France.

"Our facility on the outskirts of Paris is ideally suited to meet the strong demand for advanced datacentre space from both French and international companies with operations in Paris," said Bernard Geoghegan, Vice President of Digital Realty Trust -- Europe. "This agreement with IXEurope brings the existing datacentre facility to 100% leased. We look forward to supporting IXEurope and the other companies that lease space in this outstanding facility as we move forward with our plans to redevelop the remaining 200,000 square feet into premium Build-to-Suit and Turn-Key Datacentre."

Acquired in 2006, the facility consists of a 151,000 square foot datacentre facility, which includes more than 76,000 square feet of raised floor. The property also features more than 200,000 square feet of space that is available for redevelopment. Digital Realty Trust plans to deliver the first phase of the redevelopment space, consisting of over 10,000 square meters (107,000 square feet) of raised floor, to the market by the end of the first quarter of 2008. The site benefits from a total of 36MVA of fully redundant power from three separate sub-stations.

"Truly high-quality datacentre space with this level of power is difficult to find in Paris, which makes our facility unique in the French market," said Adam Levine, European Sales Director for Digital Realty Trust. "With our redevelopment plans, Digital Realty Trust will offer customers a significant amount of Turn-Key Datacentre(TM) as well as Powered Base Building(TM) space that can accommodate build-to-suit projects -- giving us the flexibility to meet customers' immediate and future datacentre requirements."

Digital Realty Trust's new Paris office is located at 19 Boulevard Malesherbes in Paris and is managed by Adam Levine, who has recently joined Digital Realty Trust as European Sales Director. Mr. Levine comes to Digital Realty Trust from CBRE where he was an associate director responsible for its Technology Practice Group department in France, which focuses on the technology and telecommunication sector.

To contact Digital Realty Trust's Paris office, call +33 1 55 27 36 45 or email Adam Levine at alevine@digitalrealtytrust.com.

About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. owns, acquires, repositions and manages technology-related real estate. Digital Realty Trust's 62 properties, excluding one property held in an unconsolidated joint venture, contain applications and operations critical to the day-to-day operations of technology industry tenants and corporate enterprise datacentre tenants. Comprising approximately 11.4 million rentable square feet, including 1.7 million square feet of space held for redevelopment, Digital Realty Trust's portfolio is located in 25 markets throughout North America and Europe. For additional information, please visit the Digital Realty Trust's website at http://www.digitalrealtytrust.com.