# Digital Realty Expands AI Lab and NextDC Stake

> Digital Realty opens Latin American AI lab and backs NextDC to boost global AI infrastructure.
- Title: Digital Realty Expands AI Lab and NextDC Stake · Dealroom
- Summary: Digital Realty opens Latin American AI lab and backs NextDC to boost global AI infrastructure.
- Keywords: digital realty, nextdc, ai lab, sao paulo, ai infrastructure, Dealroom
- Source: Dealroom — https://dealroom.co/news/170505-digital-realty-backs-nextdc-opens-latin-american-ai-lab-in-global-push
- Published: 2026-11-07T19:54:12+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: digital realty, nextdc, ai lab, sao paulo, ai infrastructure, startups, business
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Digital Realty opens AI lab in São Paulo and takes equity stake in NextDC to expand AI infrastructure across multiple continents.