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DuPont Fabros Techology data center DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) is a pioneer in providing “super wholesale” data center leases. Their hyperscale customers include top names in the tech world, including Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple. DuPont Fabros was acquired by Digital Realty in 2017.

Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Web: https://www.dft.com/

Digital Realty Readies Massive Expansion in Ashburn

By Rich Miller - September 15, 2017 Leave a Comment

The first phase of Digital Realty's Building L of its Ashburn mega-campus will support 36 megawatts of IT capacity. (Photo: Rich Miller)

As Digital Realty completes its acquisition of DFT, it prepares to deliver the first phase of a massive new campus in Ashburn, Virginia.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros, Northern Virginia

Zone Defense in the Cloud: Why Digital Realty Bought DFT

By Rich Miller - June 12, 2017 1 Comment

The exterior of the DuPont Fabros Technology ACC7 data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: DuPont Fabros)

Digital Realty’s acquisition of DuPont Fabros creates a cloud colossus with 26 million SF of data center space, and a dominant market position in the two hottest markets: Northern Virginia and Chicago.

Tagged With: Chicago, Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros, Northern Virginia

Digital Realty to Acquire DuPont Fabros in Blockbuster Deal

By Rich Miller - June 9, 2017 Leave a Comment

The massive chiller plant inside the Digital Realty ACC7 data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Digital Realty will acquire rival DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT), in a blockbuster $7.6 billion transaction that will boost its ability to serve the hyperscale data center market.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros

DuPont Fabros Lands Massive Hyperscale Leases

By Rich Miller - May 1, 2017 Leave a Comment

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Developer DuPontFabros Technology (DFT) has just signed its largest deal yet, pre-leasing 28.8 megawatts of data center space across two major markets.

Tagged With: Chicago, DuPont Fabros, Northern Virginia

The Ashburn Data Center Building Boom Hits New Heights

By Rich Miller - October 6, 2016 1 Comment

The sun sets over a new data center on the Digital Realty campus in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Ashburn, Virginia is the Internet’s boom town. Ashburn is seeing an unprecedented level of data center construction, and more is in the pipeline with three new players likely to enter the Northern Virginia market.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros, Northern Virginia

The Rise of the Build-to-Suit Cloud Data Center

By Rich Miller - August 10, 2016 Leave a Comment

A CyrusOne data center in San Antonio., The company has confirmed plans for a campus in Atlanta.. (Photo: Rich Miller)

As cloud computing providers seek more and more data center capacity, they are pre-leasing entire data center buildings, prompting developers to adopt a build-to-suit model for these projects.

Tagged With: CyrusOne, DuPont Fabros, Wholesale

‘Strong Bidders’ for DuPont Fabros New Jersey Data Center

By Rich Miller - April 29, 2016 Leave a Comment

An aerial view of the QTS Data Centers facility in Piscataway, New Jersey. (Photo: DuPont Fabros)

DuPont Fabros Technology said there has been strong interest in its New Jersey data center in Piscataway, N.J. and a sale could be completed in the third quarter. Bidders include both public and private data center companies.

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DuPont Fabros Signs 16-Megawatt Lease in Santa Clara

By Rich Miller - March 21, 2016 Leave a Comment

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The cloud builders continue to lease massive chunks of data space, boosting the fortune of major data center developers. In the latest megadeal, DuPont Fabros Technology has pre-leased 16 megawatts of space in Santa Clara.

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Data Centers Adapt as Tenants Seek Options on Power Redundancy

By Rich Miller - December 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

Inside a DuPoint Fabros data center

Several wholesale data center providers unveiled plans this week to offer data halls with less backup power infrastructure than traditional data centers, which typically offer multiple levels of emergency power in the event of a utility grid outage.

Tagged With: DuPont Fabros, Sentinel Data Centers, Verne Global

Red Hot in NoVa: Burst of Leasing, New Construction in Ashburn

By Rich Miller - November 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

Digitral Realty data center in Ashburn VA

Digital Realty plans to build up to 2 million square feet of new space in the heart of “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn, Virginia. Data center companies have bought up hundreds of acres of land for future development in northern Virginia, ensuring compute capacity for the clouds to come.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros, RagingWire Data Centers

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