February 22, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Digital Realty Trust (digitalrealtytrust.com),an owner and manager of technology-related properties, announced onTuesday that 17 new customers have moved into its meet me rooms basedin four US cities.
The 17 customers, who have become tenantsin meet me rooms in San Francisco, Dallas, Los Angeles and Santa Clara,include AT&T, Backbone Communications, City College of SanFrancisco, City of San Francisco, Cyberverse, ILD Telecommunications,LightCore/CenturyTel, Looking Glass, Micropathways, QwestCommunications, OnFiber Communications, SAVVIS, Speakeasy, Sprint,Verizon, Wiltel Communications and WV Fiber. The company says it wasselected for its state-of-the-art facilities and outstanding customerservice.
“Digital Realty has a unique,carrier-friendly approach to working with customers in our meet merooms, making us the clear choice for so many customers,” says MichaelF. Foust, CEO of Digital Realty Trust. “Carriers and ISPs often havetrouble finding a meet me room partner that truly understands theirneeds, but Digital Realty provides meet me room customers with thetechnology and support to meet their very specific technical needs andbusiness goals. These 17 new customer deals are a tremendous validationof our approach to partnering with tenants, and it is also anaffirmation of Digital Realty’s status as the premier provider of MeetMe Room services in the industry.”
Meet me rooms are facilities wheretelecommunication carriers and network service providers cross-connectto support the buying, selling and sharing of bandwidth. Digital TrustRealty’s properties, in the US and UK, provide the infrastructure tosupport disaster recovery and business continuity, electronic commerceand the security of stored or transmitted electronic data.
