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Digital Realty Expands AI Lab and NextDC Stake
Digital Realty opens Latin American AI lab and backs NextDC to boost global AI infrastructure.
In brief
Digital Realty opens Latin American AI lab and backs NextDC to boost global AI infrastructure. Digital Realty opens AI lab in São Paulo and takes equity stake in NextDC to expand AI infrastructure across multiple continents. Originally reported by Dealroom.
Digital Realty's Move
Digital Realty takes equity stake in Australian data centre operator NextDC while opening Latin American Innovation Lab in São Paulo, Brazil.
Company Background
Digital Realty is a US-based REIT with $67.2 billion market cap and over 300 data centres across 55-plus metros in 30+ countries.
AI Lab Purpose

The São Paulo lab supports testing, validating, and optimising multi-vendor AI infrastructure for enterprise workloads and interconnected deployments.
Recent Performance
Digital Realty reported record leasing bookings of $855 million and a signed-lease backlog valued at $1.9 billion in its latest quarter.
The short version
Digital Realty opens AI lab in São Paulo and takes equity stake in NextDC to expand AI infrastructure across multiple continents.


