AUSTIN,
Texas, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital
Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and
carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection
solutions, has been named as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape:
Worldwide Datacenter Services 2023 Vendor Assessment1,
for a third time*.
The IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessment analyzes the colocation
and interconnection market using the IDC MarketScape model,
providing an overview of the competitive strengths of suppliers in
the market. It assesses current market demands and expected buyer
needs for businesses that need mission-critical digital
infrastructure to manage data exchange securely and efficiently.
The report highlighted the following Digital Realty strengths that
contributed to it being named a Leader:
- Brand strategy
- High-density colocation services
- Extensive global footprint and portfolio
- Sustainable facilities
- Interconnection services
- Cloud and Hybrid IT solutions
The IDC MarketScape recognized Digital Realty for "delivering
the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection
solutions" as well as offering a "diverse geographically
distributed footprint" across an "extensive global portfolio", with
a presence in all the major markets of North America and Europe, as well as strategic metro markets in
Africa, the Asia/Pacific region, and Latin America.
Commenting on Digital Realty's global data center platform,
PlatformDIGITAL®, the IDC MarketScape said that the platform has
become a "key enabler" of global hybrid IT deployments. It also
noted that PlatformDIGITAL® has facilitated the further
simplification of digital infrastructure and the easing of data
workloads by reducing the time to connect to data, control, and
networking hubs, greatly improving the agility of businesses
reliant on these seamless collocation and cost-effective cloud
networking capabilities.
The report also noted the progress that Digital Realty has made
in improving the sustainability of facilities in its portfolio. The
IDC MarketScape noted, "A key achievement in 2022 included reaching
1GW of new renewables under contract, a 9.8% increase from 2021.
With the goal of 100% renewable energy available to customers, 126
datacenters have been matched with 100% renewable energy. There's
also a focus on reaching new energy efficiency goals with a
colocation power usage effectiveness (PUE) reduction goal of 10% by
2022 (against the 2017 baseline), which the company exceeded with a
16% reduction."
This recognition comes as Digital Realty achieved the key
milestone in 2022 of reaching one gigawatt (GW) of new renewables
under contract and operating 126 data centers that have been
matched with 100% renewable energy. The company has also led the
industry by surpassing its energy efficiency goals, with a
colocation power usage effectiveness (PUE) reduction of 16% in 2022
from 2017 levels.
The report also recognized Digital Realty's cloud and hybrid IT
service, ServiceFabric Connect, saying, "ServiceFabric is a
data-centric, software-defined, and multiplatform internetworking
service. This solution is an orchestration platform designed to
support the data-centric architecture. It is designed to facilitate
what Digital Realty terms a range of seamless, on-demand
interconnection services that can be integrated into
existing IT systems of management to manage and monitor
infrastructure."
"We thank the IDC MarketScape for this important recognition,"
said Andy Power, President & CEO
at Digital Realty. "At Digital Realty, our commitment and focus in
solving the most complex hybrid IT challenges for our customers is
part of our heritage, and it's why, for the third time, we have
been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Datacenter
Services."
We believe Digital Realty has maintained its leadership
position, by investing in the right infrastructure and expertise in
the right locations around the world. This is all enabled by its
global data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®, a
multi-billion-dollar investment geared towards turbo-charging
infrastructure and providing businesses with a global, consistent
data center experience.
*Sources: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Datacenter Colocation and
Interconnection Services 2021 and 2019 Vendor Assessments.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings
companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data
center, colocation and interconnection
solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data
center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting
place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture
(PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation
and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty
gives its customers access to the connected data communities that
matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+
facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To
learn more about Digital Realty, please visit
digitalrealty.com or follow us on
LinkedIn and X.
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor
assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the
competitive fitness of ICT (information and
communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The
research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based
on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a
single graphical illustration of each vendor's position within a
given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear
framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities
and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT
and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The
framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree
assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and
prospective vendors.
For Additional Information
Media Contacts
Helen Bleasdale
Digital Realty
+1 737 267
6822
hcbleasdale@digitalrealty.com
Investor Relations
Jordan Sadler / Jim Huseby
Digital Realty
+1 737 281 0101
InvestorRelations@digitalrealty.com
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uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to
differ materially, including statements related to IDC MarketScape,
our sustainability initiatives, PlatformDIGITAL® and our global
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