| Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company owns, acquires, develops, redevelops and manages technology-related real estate. The Company's operates through Digital Realty Trust, L.P. and owns a 97.8% common general partnership interest. Digital Realty Trust, L.P. holds substantially all the assets of the Company and holds the ownership interests in the Company's joint ventures. In June 2012, the Company acquired 8025 North Interstate 35, a 62,000 square foot data center facility located in Austin, Texas. In June 2012, the Company acquired 400 South Akard Street, known as The Databank Building, a data center facility totaling approximately 269,600 square feet located in Dallas, Texas. In March 2013, it completed the acquisition of 371 Gough Road in Markham, Ontario (Canada), a 120,000 square foot data center development property. |