SGIX Local Peering Now Available at Digital Realty Singapore Data Centres Jurong West and Loyang East

Digital Realty customers to benefit from rich peering ecosystem comprised of international and regional carriers

SINGAPORE, April 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today a partnership with Singapore Internet Exchange (SGIX) to provide local peering at Digital Realty's Singapore data centre facilities in Jurong West and Loyang East. 

SGIX is an open and neutral internet exchange in Singapore that offers internet peering services to companies that aim to provide fast and cost-effective internet services to their business customers.  SGIX is one of the largest internet exchanges in Singapore, boasting peak internet traffic of more than 150Gbps.  SGIX has been serving members since its establishment in 2009.  

As a result of the partnership, customers in Digital Realty's Jurong West and Loyang East Singapore facilities will benefit from greater and more cost-effective connectivity options.  Peering points on both ends of the island will also enhance the overall resilience of the peering solution in Singapore.  Customers will now have access to SGIX's rich peering ecosystem, comprised of international and regional carriers, content providers and accelerators, among others, to exchange internet traffic.  

"From the Internet of Things to edge computing, the landscape is transitioning from regional hubs to proximity to your customers.  For instance, content providers need to consistently deliver content faster and more efficiently to their end-users.  Our partnership with SGIX will provide our customers with connectivity options in Singapore that are faster and more cost-efficient, enabling them to provide higher quality services to their own customers," said Krupal Raval, CFO APAC at Digital Realty.  

"We are delighted to partner with Digital Realty, a premier global data centre operator," said Patrick Scodeller, SGIX Chairman.  "SGIX's mission is to enhance traffic routing efficiency in the internet community.  Consumers expect information or content to be delivered to them quickly, and reducing the latency between local operators through peering helps achieve that objective.  Through this partnership and the inclusion of Digital Realty's customers on our peering network, we are even better positioned to accelerate and enhance the performance of internet services in the industry."  

Digital Realty provides access to a wide range of network, content and service providers that will further enrich SGIX peering-partner density.  The partnership has been fully operational since February 2018.  

About Digital Realty
Digital Realty supports the data centre, colocation and interconnection strategies of more than 2,300 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centres located throughout North America, Europe, 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.  For more information, visit www.digitalrealty.asia, follow us on Twitter at @DigitalAPAC and see our blog at https://apac.digitalrealty.com. 

About SGIX
Incorporated and established by key players in the Infocomm industry and supported by Info-communications Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA), SGIX is an Open and Neutral Internet exchange in Singapore that offers Internet peering services to companies that aim to provide fast and cost-effective Internet services to their end-users or business customers.  These companies include Global and Domestic Carrier, Internet Service Provider, Content and Social Media, Video Streaming, Cloud, CDN, Gaming providers, among many others. 

For Additional Information
Omer M. Wilson
Senior Director of Marketing
Asia Pacific
Digital Realty
owilson@digitalrealty.com
+65 6505 3951

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 SGIX local peering at Digital Realty sites in Singapore, SGIX, our data centre facilities in Singapore, and expected data centre and networking trends, statistics and priorities.  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; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; 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, 2017.  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