Q3 2025 Digital Realty Trust Inc Earnings Call Transcript

Oct 23, 2025 / 09:00PM GMT

Release Date Price: $175.39 (+1.73%)

Transcript 10-Q8-K

Key Points

Positve

Digital Realty Trust Inc (DLR) posted a record core FFO per share of $1.89, marking a 13% increase from the previous year.
The company has a strong backlog of $852 million, providing visibility for continued growth.
Digital Realty Trust Inc (DLR) achieved record interconnection bookings and near-record new logos, indicating strong demand for its services.
The company increased its full-year guidance for core FFO per share, reflecting better-than-expected operating performance.
Digital Realty Trust Inc (DLR) continues to see robust demand for AI-oriented deployments, with AI-related bookings averaging more than 50% of quarterly bookings since mid-2023.

Negative

Power availability and permitting challenges are making it harder to bring new supply online at the pace required by customers.
The company faces headwinds from seasonally higher repairs and maintenance expenses in the fourth quarter.
Digital Realty Trust Inc (DLR) has about $1.5 billion of debt maturing in January 2026, which could impact financial flexibility.
There is a potential for lower interest income due to expected rate cuts and considerable cash holdings.
The anticipated pace and scale of AI infrastructure developments are largely unprecedented, posing challenges in meeting demand efficiently.

Operator

Good afternoon and welcome to the Digital Realty third quarter 2025 earnings call. Please note this event is being recorded. (Operator Instructions)

I would now like to turn the call over to Jordan Sadler, Digital Realty's Senior Vice President of Public and Private Investor Relations. Jordan, please go ahead.

Jordan Sadler

Digital Realty Trust Inc - Senior Vice President - Public and Private Investor Relations

Thank you, operator, and welcome, everyone, to Digital Realty's Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. Joining me on today's call are President and CEO, Andy Power; and CFO, Matt Mercier. Chief Investment Officer, Greg Wright; Chief Technology Officer, Chris Sharp; and Chief Revenue Officer, Colin McLean, are also on the call and will be available for Q&A.

Management will be making forward-looking statements, including guidance and underlying assumptions on today's call. Forward-looking statements are based on expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. For a

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