Digital Realty Trust filings document the public-company disclosures of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and its operating partnership, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. The record includes Form 8-K reports on operating and financial results, Regulation FD materials, material definitive agreements, other events and capital-structure matters tied to its data-center platform.
Proxy materials describe annual meeting proposals, board elections, auditor ratification and governance matters. The company’s exchange-listed securities include common stock under DLR and Series J, Series K and Series L cumulative redeemable preferred stock, with filings also reflecting the relationship between the parent company, consolidated subsidiaries and operating partnership.
Vanguard Portfolio Management reports beneficial ownership of 29,513,833 shares of Digital Realty Trust Inc. Common Stock, representing 8.58% of the class as of 03/31/2026, on Schedule 13G. The filing lists 41,668 shares of sole voting power and sole dispositive power over 29,513,833 shares.
The filing notes these holdings are exercised on behalf of Vanguard funds and managed accounts per SEC Release No. 34-39538. The signature block is dated 04/29/2026 and signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. reported strong first quarter 2026 results and raised its full‑year outlook. Total revenue was $1.64 billion, up 16% year over year. Net income was $175 million, with net income available to common stockholders of $169 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, up from $0.24 in the prior quarter and $0.27 a year ago.
The company generated Adjusted EBITDA of $920 million, up 7% sequentially and 16% year over year. Funds From Operations were $700 million, or $1.99 per diluted share and unit, while Core FFO reached $716 million, or $2.04 per diluted share and unit, reflecting double‑digit growth.
Leasing was robust: new bookings are expected to generate $707 million of annualized GAAP rent at 100% share and $423 million at Digital Realty’s share, with a signed‑but‑not‑commenced backlog of $1.8 billion of annualized base rent at 100% share. Renewal rental rates increased 5.0% on a cash basis and 6.3% on a GAAP basis.
The balance sheet remained solid, with approximately $18.0 billion of total debt and net debt‑to‑Adjusted EBITDA of 4.7x. Since year‑end, the company sold 7.3 million common shares via its ATM program for about $1.3 billion of net proceeds.
For 2026, Digital Realty raised its Core FFO per share outlook to $8.00–$8.10 and its Constant‑Currency Core FFO per share outlook to $7.95–$8.05, supported by projected revenue of $6.65–$6.75 billion and Adjusted EBITDA of $3.65–$3.75 billion.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. is asking stockholders to vote at its 2026 Annual Meeting on May 29, 2026 in Austin, Texas on four main items: electing ten directors, ratifying KPMG as auditor, approving executive pay on an advisory basis, and a stockholder proposal on enhanced water risk disclosure.
The record date is March 30, 2026, with 348,955,463 common shares outstanding, each entitled to one vote. The company highlights 2025 results, including total bookings of $1.18 billion, 10% Core FFO per share growth, net income of $3.58 per share, total enterprise value of $73 billion and market capitalization of $54 billion.
Executive pay is positioned as pay-for-performance, with large portions in performance-based equity tied to relative total stockholder return and Same Store Cash NOI. For 2025, annual bonuses were paid at 185% of target for the CEO, 178% for the CFO and 170% for the General Counsel. Prior Say-on-Pay support in 2025 was about 87% of votes cast.
The proxy also emphasizes sustainability and governance. The company reports 1.7 GW of renewables contracted, 100% renewables power for its EMEA portfolio, issuance of €1.4 billion of green bonds in 2025 bringing cumulative green bonds to $8.5 billion, and recognition such as Nareit’s Leader in the Light award and Ecovadis Gold. Governance features include a majority-independent board, separate chair and CEO roles, NYSE- and SEC-compliant clawback policy, proxy access, no tax gross-ups, and an independent compensation consultant.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. director Susan Swanezy received a grant of 152 Long-Term Incentive Units on common stock as compensation. These derivative units were awarded at a price of $0.00 per unit, increasing her directly held Long-Term Incentive Units to 3,568.
The Long-Term Incentive Units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. that may, after certain conditions are met, reach full parity with common partnership units. Once vested and at parity, they can convert 1-for-1 into Common Units, which are in turn redeemable for cash or an equal number of shares of the company’s common stock.
Digital Realty Trust director VeraLinn Jamieson received a grant of 152 Long-Term Incentive Units on Common Stock as part of equity-based compensation. These units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. that can, after meeting specified conditions, reach full parity with common partnership units.
Once vested and at full parity, each unit may be converted into one common partnership unit, which is redeemable for cash based on the fair market value of one share of Digital Realty Trust common stock or, at the issuer’s election, one share of common stock. Following this grant, Jamieson holds 13,254 Long-Term Incentive Units directly.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. chief accounting officer Christine Beseda Kornegay reported a small, routine share disposition related to taxes. On this Form 4, 53 shares of common stock were surrendered in a tax-withholding disposition valued at $180.45 per share. This was done to cover tax obligations and was not an open-market sale. After this transaction, she directly holds 4,351 shares of Digital Realty common stock.
Digital Realty Trust Inc — The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 20 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting 0% beneficial ownership of Common Stock. The filing states 03/13/2026 as the amendment date and is signed on 03/26/2026. It explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 under SEC Release No. 34-39538 that caused certain Vanguard subsidiaries or business divisions to report holdings separately; as disclosed, The Vanguard Group reports 0 shares and no voting or dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. chief accounting officer Christine Beseda Kornegay reported routine equity compensation activity. She received an award of 626 shares of common stock on March 13, 2026, increasing her direct holdings to 4,404 shares. As part of the same event, 84 shares were disposed of at $179.61 per share to cover tax obligations, a non-market transaction. According to the footnote, the awarded units will vest in two equal annual installments beginning on March 15, 2027, meaning the grant will fully vest over a two-year period.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. CFO Matt Mercier received a grant of 2,964 Long-Term Incentive Units on March 13, 2026. These are profit interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. that are linked economically to the company’s common stock.
The units are fully vested and have no expiration date. Each vested unit represents the right to an equivalent number of partnership units that, once at full parity, can be converted 1-for-1 into Common Units and then redeemed for either cash or an equal number of Digital Realty common shares, at the issuer’s election. Following this award, Mercier holds 84,590 Long-Term Incentive Units.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. reported that President and CEO Andrew Power received a grant of 25,750 Long-Term Incentive Units. These are profit interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. that relate to an equal number of shares of common stock.
The units will vest in two equal annual installments beginning on March 15, 2027, and vested units have no expiration date. Once vested and after achieving full parity with common partnership units, they can be converted 1-for-1 into common units, which are redeemable for cash or, at the issuer’s election, an equal number of Digital Realty common shares. Following this grant, Power’s reported derivative holdings in these units total 515,840.