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There are several companies building data centers
nowadays, but what is unique to Digital Realty is the
operational consistencyweprovideacrossourextensive
portfolio in order to help support the growth of our
clients. We don’t just build a one-off data center in
Ashburnandanotherone inDallasandanother inSilicon
Valley.Wehave clients inAshburnwho alsohave space
inourdatacenters inotherplacesaround theworld, and
see us as part of their growth strategy. Our new
command center will ensure that as they grow, they
continue to receive a consistent level of high-touch
service fromus.
ONAPARALLELPATH
As enterprises increasingly rely on the cloud as a
strategic business tool, and consumers adopt new
technologies andbenefit from the Internet of Things in
their everyday lives, the need to interpret, manage and
store theprolificamountofdata that isbeinggenerated
bodes well for the future of Loudon County as amajor
hub of data center activity. At Digital Realty, we are
committed to remaining on this parallel path with
Loudon County as we partner with enterprises of all
sizes to support thegrowthof theirbusinesses.
LoudounCountyhasestablished itself asaglobal player
because of the number of Internet companies,
international banks and cloud services providers that
continue tosetupdatacenters in thearea.DigitalRealty
has an unmatched global footprint with experts on the
ground in multiple markets, and our new command
center in Ashburn will support our leading-edge data
centersaround theworld.
We have been refining our product and processes
around the design and construction and operation of
data centers over many years. Leveraging the
experience we have and the scale of our operating
platform—we have experience with almost any kind of
topology you can think of—Digital Realty is doggedly
focused on quality assurance. Our goal is to always
deliverameaningful product thatalignswithourclients’
requirements. Andnowhere is thismoreevident thanat
ourAshburncampus.
DavidSchirmacher is SeniorVicePresident of PortfolioOperations atDigitalRealty.He canbe reachedat
