Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading owner and manager of corporate data centers and Internet gateways, has announced that IXEurope plc, Europe's specialist data center 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 plans to create an advanced data center 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 data center 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 data center 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 data center 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 data center 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 data center 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 data center requirements."