Digital Realty to Build Custom Data Center for NetApp

Digital
Realty Trust, Inc., a provider of data center solutions, signed a
long-term, Build-to-Suit agreement in the third quarter of 2011 with NetApp, Inc. for a custom
data center in Hillsboro, Oregon.

In conjunction with the Build-to-Suit agreement, Digital
Realty acquired a 5.1 acre development site in the Hillsboro Enterprise Zone’s
North Industrial Area with utility power and telecommunications services
already in place. The new 55,000 square foot Build-to-Suit facility to be
constructed on the site will include 18,250 SF of technical space with 4.5
megawatts of IT power capacity for high-performance computing.

Construction of
the facility will occur in multiple phases, with the first phase scheduled for
completion in August 2012.

"Our objective
for this new facility was to obtain the most efficient and cost-effective data
center possible, in the shortest time feasible," said Thom Bryant,
vice president of Workplace Resources, NetApp. "Furthermore, NetApp already has a longstanding relationship with Oregon, and building
this data center further strengthens our ongoing momentum and investment within
the state."

"Our Build-to-Suit
data center solution meets the specialized technical requirements of customers
such as NetApp, while providing the customer with all the control of a
do-it-yourself facility, and without the risks associated with a large-scale,
capital-intensive data center construction project," said Brent
Behrman, Senior Vice President, Sales at Digital Realty. "We are very pleased to be partnering with
NetApp on this important project. We look forward to delivering the facility,
which will play a critical role in the growth of their business."

The site for NetApp’s new data center is located in Hillsboro’s tech corridor
along Evergreen Parkway
in the city’s North Industrial Area of the Hillsboro Enterprise Zone. The mild
climate in northwest Oregon
is ideal for airside economization, which uses outside air to cool the data
center up to 10 months out of the year.

"We are very
pleased to welcome NetApp and Digital Realty to Hillsboro," said Hillsboro Mayor
Jerry Willey. "Our infrastructure
and attractive business environment have made Hillsboro the home to many well-known tech
companies and their data centers."