Digital Realtyが韓国に進出

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【サンフランシスコ2019年7月31日PR Newswire＝共同通信JBN】

＊ソウルのキャリアニュートラル施設で北東アジアにプレゼンスを拡大

データセンター、コロケーション、相互接続ソリューションのグローバルな大手プロバイダーであるDigital Realty（デジタル・リアルティ、https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=3286729391&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitalrealty.com%2F&a=Digital+Realty ）（NYSE: DLR）は31日、同社が新たなキャリアニュートラル・データセンター施設の開発のために韓国・ソウルの土地獲得で正式契約したと発表した。場所はソウル北西部の、韓国のデジタル経済を促進するために設計されたテクノロジーとメディア企業に特化した新開発の都市計画地帯、サンガム・デジタルメディアシティーに位置する。

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ソウル市当局が販売した2万2000平方フィートの土地区画は12メガワットまでのIT限界出力容量の開発を支援する。建設は近月中に開始し2021年に完了する予定だ。

Digital RealtyのA・ウィリアム・スタイン最高経営責任者（CEO）は「当社の韓国進出は、アジア太平洋地域全体でわれわれのプラットフォーム拡大を続けるための重要な一里塚だ。韓国はビッグデータ、モバイルサービスやコネクテッドデバイスの増大する世界的な需要を考慮すると同地域内のデジタル・ハブ及びイノベーションセンターとして信じられないほどよい位置にある。当社の韓国での投資は、真の世界プラットフォーム全体への顧客のデジタル意欲に力を与えるわれわれのコミットメントを示すものだ」と述べた。

完成すれば新施設は12万9000平方フィート以上に及び、地上10階、地下3階に広がる。新施設は戦略的パートナーを経由した安全で多様なファイバーチャンネルにより優れた接続性を顧客に提供する。

Digital Realtyのアジア太平洋担当マネジングディレクター、マーク・スミス氏は「韓国はこの地域で最大のデータセンター市場の一つであり、われわれは韓国のデジタル変革の推進と、同地域と世界中でわれわれの顧客に価値の提供をともに支援できることをうれしく思う。2500万人以上の人口を持つソウル首都圏は、世界最大の都市地域の1つであり、韓国の全住民の半数のホームである。それは同国でのわれわれの最初の施設建設に理想的なロケーションであり、同地域と世界の顧客の累積需要に応えるべくわれわれの差別化したキャリアニュートラル・ソリューションをもたらしている」と付言した。

Digital Realtyは高度に信頼できるデータセンター設備の世界最大のオーナー、デベロッパー、オペレーターの一つである。新たなソウル開発はDigital Realtyのアジア太平洋地域でのプレゼンスを強化するだろう。同地域で同社は現在、東京、大阪、香港、シンガポール、シドニー、メルボルンにある産業主導データセンターのネットワークを運営している。2018年にDigital Realtyは世界各地のDigital Realtyが所有し運営する一連のデータセンターで21億超の稼働時間という、動作可能時間の「99．999%」を12年連続で達成した。

▽Digital Realtyについて

Digital Realtyは、北米、欧州、アジア、オーストラリアにある安全で豊富なネットワークを持つデータセンターのポートフォリオ全体で、2000以上の企業のデータセンター、コロケーション、相互接続戦略をサポートしている。Digital Realtyの顧客には、クラウド、情報技術サービス、通信、ソーシャルネットワーキングから金融サービス、製造業、エネルギー、ヘルスケア、消費者向け製品まで、あらゆる規模の国内外の企業が含まれている。www.digitalrealty.com.

ソーシャルメディアでのDigital Realtyは以下を参照：

LinkedIn （https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=2767452599&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fdigitalrealty%2F&a=LinkedIn ）、Twitter（https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=3964203344&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdigitalrealty&a=Twitter）、Facebook（https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=1999138610&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdigitalrealty&a=Facebook ）、Instagram（https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=1399498029&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fdigitalrealty%2F&a=Instagram ）、そしてYouTube（https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2534516-1&h=2646152170&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fdigitalrealty&a=YouTube ）。

▽問い合わせ先

Andrew P. Power

Chief Financial Officer

Digital Realty

+1 (415) 738-6500

▽投資関係問い合わせ先

John J. Stewart

Digital Realty

+1 (415) 738-6500

investorrelations@digitalrealty.com

▽メディア関係問い合わせ先

John Christiansen / Scott Lindlaw

Sard Verbinnen & Co.

+1 (415) 618-8750

ソース：Digital Realty

Digital Realty To Enter South Korea

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- Expands presence in Northeast Asia with carrier-neutral facility in Seoul

Digital Realty (

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) (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and

interconnection solutions, announced today it has entered into a definitive

agreement to acquire land in Seoul, South Korea for the development of a new,

carrier-neutral data center facility.  The site is located within the Sangam

Digital Media City in northwest Seoul, a newly developed urban planning zone

focused on technology and media companies, designed to promote South Korea's

digital economy.  

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The 22,000 square foot land parcel is being sold by the Seoul Metropolitan

Government and will support the development of up to 12 megawatts of critical

IT capacity.  Construction is expected to commence within the coming months and

to be complete in 2021.  

"Our entry into South Korea is an important milestone as we continue to expand

our platform across the Asia Pacific region," said Digital Realty Chief

Executive Officer A. William Stein.  "South Korea is incredibly well positioned

as a digital hub and center for innovation within the region, given the growing

global demand for big data, mobile services and connected devices.  Our

investment in Korea demonstrates our commitment to powering our customers'

digital ambitions across a truly global platform."  

Upon completion, the new facility will span more than 129,000 square feet and

will rise 10 stories above ground and extend three stories below grade.  The

new facility will offer clients excellent connectivity with diverse fiber

routes secured via strategic partners.  

"South Korea is one of the largest data center markets in the region, and we

are pleased to be able to help drive the country's digital transformation and

bring value to our customers in the region and around the world," added Mark

Smith, Managing Director, Asia Pacific for Digital Realty.  "With a population

of more than 25 million, the Seoul Capital Area is one of the largest

metropolitan areas in the world and home to half of all the residents in South

Korea.  It's the ideal location for building our first facility in the country

and bringing our differentiated, carrier-neutral solutions to meet pent-up

local and global customer demand."  

Digital Realty is one of the world's largest owners, developers and operators

of highly reliable data center facilities.  The new Seoul development will

strengthen Digital Realty's presence within the Asia Pacific region, where the

company currently operates a network of industry-leading data centers located

in Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne.  In 2018, Digital

Realty achieved "five nines" of uptime for the 12th consecutive year,

surpassing 2.1 billion operating minutes across data center suites owned and

operated by Digital Realty worldwide.  

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty supports the data center, colocation and interconnection

strategies of more than 2,000 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio

of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia

and Australia.  Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international

companies of all sizes, ranging from cloud and information technology services,

communications and social networking to financial services, manufacturing,

energy, healthcare and consumer products.  www.digitalrealty.com.  Follow

Digital Realty on social media:  LinkedIn (

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), Twitter (

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) and YouTube (

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).  

For Additional Information

Andrew P. Power

Chief Financial Officer

Digital Realty

+1 (415) 738-6500

Investor Relations

John J. Stewart

Digital Realty

+1 (415) 738-6500

investorrelations@digitalrealty.com

Media Inquiries

John Christiansen / Scott Lindlaw

Sard Verbinnen & Co.

+1 (415) 618-8750

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on

current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and

uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ

materially, including statements related to the Seoul Sangam Digital Media City

(DMC) land acquisition, our plans to develop a ICN10 Seoul data center, and the

expected data center demand in South Korea.  These risks and uncertainties

include, among others, the following:  reduced demand for data centers or

decreases in information technology spending; decreased rental rates, increased

operating costs or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available

supply of data center space; the suitability of our data centers and data

center infrastructure, delays or disruptions in connectivity or availability of

power, or failures or breaches of our physical and information security

infrastructure or services; our dependence upon significant customers,

bankruptcy or insolvency of a major customer or a significant number of smaller

customers, or defaults on or non-renewal of leases by customers; breaches of

our obligations or restrictions under our contracts with our customers; our

inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and development

space, and delays or unexpected costs in development of properties; the impact

of current global and local economic, credit and market conditions; our

inability to retain data center space that we lease or sublease from third

parties; difficulties managing an international business and acquiring or

operating properties in foreign jurisdictions and unfamiliar metropolitan

areas; our failure to realize the intended benefits from, or disruptions to our

plans and operations or unknown or contingent liabilities related to, our

recent acquisitions; our failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired

or developed properties or businesses; difficulties in identifying properties

to acquire and completing acquisitions; risks related to joint venture

investments, including as a result of our lack of control of such investments;

risks associated with using debt to fund our business activities, including

re-financing and interest rate risks, our failure to repay debt when due,

adverse changes in our credit ratings or our breach of covenants or other terms

contained in our loan facilities and agreements; our failure to obtain

necessary debt and equity financing, and our dependence on external sources of

capital; financial market fluctuations and changes in foreign currency exchange

rates; adverse economic or real estate developments in our industry or the

industry sectors that we sell to, including risks relating to decreasing real

estate valuations and impairment charges and goodwill and other intangible

asset impairment charges; our inability to manage our growth effectively;

losses in excess of our insurance coverage; environmental liabilities and risks

related to natural disasters; our inability to comply with rules and

regulations applicable to our Company; our failure to maintain our status as a

REIT for federal income tax purposes; our operating partnership's failure to

qualify as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; restrictions on our

ability to engage in certain business activities; and changes in local, state,

federal and international laws and regulations, including related to taxation,

real estate and zoning laws, and increases in real property tax rates.  For a

further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports

and other filings by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year

ended December 31, 2018 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended

March 31, 2019.  The company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or

revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,

future events or otherwise.  

SOURCE: Digital Realty