Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a leading owner and manager of corporate data centers and Internet gateways, has completed a Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) lease agreement with Edmunds.com, Inc., which publishes four leading web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers. Through this long-term lease agreement, Edmunds will establish an advanced corporate data center in a Digital Realty Trust facility. The production data center will host mission critical computing infrastructure supporting Edmunds' Web site properties and Business Intelligence systems.
"Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenter(TM) space meets our immediate technical needs, and it will accommodate the growth we expect over the years. Digital Realty Trust has made it clear that their goal is to be our long-term data center partner, and they have backed that up by structuring the relationship in a very flexible way that will adapt to our business over time," said Philip Potloff, Executive Director of Infrastructure Operations at Edmunds. "The Digital Realty Trust team has also proven to be a great asset to our staff as we plan for the transition of our data center from its current location. The company has in-depth experience ensuring the success of data center moves, and we appreciate using its staff as an extension of our team during this process."
"Edmunds.com had a very clear vision of what it wants to achieve with this data center project, and it has been a great collaborative process working with its IT team to develop a plan that accomplishes each of its technical and business goals," said Michael Foust, CEO of Digital Realty Trust. "One of the major data center trends affecting corporate customers today is the rising cost and limited availability of power in most data center facilities. That is a major reason why corporate customers are attracted to Digital Realty Trust's Turn-Key Datacenters(TM). Our buildings have tremendous power capacity and we structure our contracts in a flexible, cost-effective way that protects clients like Edmunds.com from those power-related challenges."