Enterprise DNA

Digital Realty

Owns and leases large data centre buildings to cloud and AI companies.

Revenue
Record $1.9B of signed rent waiting to start
Growth
Record $1.9B of signed rent waiting to start. Renewal rents rising more than 25%
Based in
Austin, US
Founded
2004
Listed
Public (DLR)
Why it is winning

Tenants sign long leases, so signed rent gives a clear view of future income.

The risk to watch

Rents are locked in before the debt is raised, so higher interest rates squeeze developers.

Money coming in

Who pays Digital Realty, and for what.

No customers of Digital Realty mapped yet.

Money going out

Who Digital Realty pays to do what it does.

No suppliers of Digital Realty mapped yet.

Where it sits on the map

Competitors and neighbours

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GPU cloud that builds its own data centre campuses and rents capacity to Microsoft and Meta.

Up to 1.2 GW campus under way in Missouri

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Equinix
EQIX

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Revenue of $2.63B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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QTS Data Centers
Supplier

US data centre operator owned by Blackstone, and one of the largest in the country.

Blackstone bought QTS for about $10B in 2021

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Aligned Data Centers

Data centre developer with 51 campuses in the US, Latin America and Chile.

About $40B enterprise value (deal closed 21 July 2026)

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Eaton
ETN Supplier

Makes switchgear, transformers and power distribution equipment that sit between the grid and the server hall.

Record revenue of $8.5B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Quanta Services
PWR Supplier

Builds the transmission lines, substations and power connections that bring new electricity to data centres.

Revenue of about $9.6B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Schneider Electric
SU Supplier

Makes power, cooling and control equipment for data centres and grids.

H1 2026 revenue of EUR 21.2B (six months to June 2026)

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Comfort Systems USA
FIX Supplier

Mechanical and electrical contractor that installs heating, cooling and power systems in data centres.

Revenue of about $3.3B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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EMCOR
EME Supplier

Electrical and mechanical contractor that builds and fits out data centres and other large buildings.

Revenue of about $5.15B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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