720 2nd - Digital Realty

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Operational

Fully operational facility

720 2nd - Digital Realty

Utility Provider: PG&E

Ownership: Digital Realty Trust owns the building.

Sites leasing space from Digital Realty Trust:

Internap Oakland

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Gross Colocation Size

Strategically located in a fiber-rich district and directly adjacent to PG&E substation, the facility is four blocks from Jack London Square and proximate to the central business district of Oakland. In 2010, DRT acquired this site from 365 Main portfolio. The transaction included 4 other data centers and was for a total of $725 Million.

Overview:

The building is 4 stories
Flood Zone: Outside FEMA 500 year flood plain
Seismic Zone: Category D
Roof: Membrane and Reinforced Concrete Decking
Floor Loading: 150 lbs/sq ft
Fiber and Building Entry: 2 MPOE entries

Power & Cooling:

Utility Power Capacity: 14.5 MVA
UPS Power Capacity: 7.5 MW total IT capacity
UPS Redundancy: N+1
Generator Power Capacity: 7 Generators 2MW capacity each
Cooling Redundancy: N+1

Security:

24x7 onsite security
Two-factor authentication with biometric access
CCTV monitoring
Perimeter fencing and anti-vehicle building protection
Security Check-In at Lobby with Man Trap into the Data Center Suites

Parking

(26) secure parking spaces in our main customer lot
(20) secure parking spaces in our auxiliary lot across the street

Map and Nearby Locations

720 2nd Street

Digital Realty Trust Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of 720 2nd - Digital Realty

Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	Internap Oakland
0.92 miles	Cogent Oakland
2.50 miles	Lumen Emeryville 1
3.34 miles	Evocative: Emeryville, Oakland OAK1	Evocative's Emeryville Data Center Facility (OAK1) is located at 1400 65th Street, Emeryville, CA 94608. Spanning an impressive 15,042 square feet, this colocation site offers ample space to accommodate various data center operations and infrastructure requirements.
5.91 miles	ColoServe San Francisco
5.91 miles	360 Spear	360 Spear is a 155,000 square foot data center facility that benefits from being located adjacent to Digital's well-connected 365 Main Street facility.
5.92 miles	365 Main (SFR2) Digital Realty
6.06 miles	Fortress Data Center San Francisco SF1
6.16 miles	Lumen San Francisco 1
6.22 miles	DataCanopy: San Francisco	This facility has been audited under SOC 2 and SOC 3 requirements.
6.59 miles	Verizon: 651 Brannan	Former XO Communications site
8.14 miles	400 Paul Ave (1547)	400 Paul is San Francisco's first purpose-built data center in over 10 years
8.17 miles	Novva: San Francisco	Novva plans to invest $500 million in developing a San Francisco campus on the site at 400 Paul Avenue, with the first phase launching in the summer of 2026.
8.17 miles	200 Paul (SFR1) Digital Realty	SFR1 (200 Paul Ave.) is the best connected building in the city of San Francisco. The 5 story building was built in 2001 and was renovated in 2014.
8.17 miles	Lumen San Francisco (200 Paul)
8.17 miles	United Layer-SF8
8.17 miles	Verizon: 200 Paul
8.17 miles	United Layer-SF9
8.17 miles	United Layer-SF7
8.17 miles	Colocation America - San Francisco
10.73 miles	Guadalupe Quarry Redevelopment Project	The Guadalupe Quarry Redevelopment Project aims to transform the inactive San Bruno Mountain quarry, located in Brisbane just south of San Francisco.
13.89 miles	Lumen Hayward 1
14.01 miles	AT&T Hayward
15.12 miles	Prime Hayward	This 20MW two-story flex building comprising 145,850 square feet on 4 acres is 100% leased by a leading Fortune 50. The property was built in 2015 as a build-to-suit.

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Exterior of 720 2nd Street in Oakland

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Aerial View of 720 2nd and Port of Oakland

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Lobby

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Operating Company

Digital Realty Trust is a data center public REIT that owns and operates facilities in the United States and Europe. The company provides colocation and interconnection services and develops large multi‑tenant data centers for enterprise and cloud customers.

Its European platform expanded through the combination with Interxion, and through the purchase of European sites divested by Equinix following Equinix’s acquisition of TelecityGroup. The Telx acquisition added a U.S. interconnection and colocation business to Digital Realty’s portfolio.

Digital Realty Trust History:

In March 2020 completed the combination with Interxion, expanding its European platform.
In September 2017 completed the merger with DuPont Fabros Technology.
In July 2016 acquired eight European data centers from Equinix that were divested as part of Equinix’s TelecityGroup acquisition.
In October 2015 completed the acquisition of Telx.
On October 28, 2004 priced its initial public offering at 12 dollars per share.

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June 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans with the Seattle City Council to replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301...

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

March 24, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is expanding in Italy with plans to develop a data center campus in Milan.The colocation giant this week announced its entry into the Milan market with the acquisition of two plots in Abbiategrasso, southwest of the city center. The company plans to develop an initial 8MW facility,...

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

March 11, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, FranceWith server racks at the data center set to require 120kW each, presumably to host AI workloads, Digital Realty plans to install a new high-voltage power supply. This will run from power company RTE’s Realtor substation in Cabriès,...

Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

March 04, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has entered Portugal, acquiring a data center in Lisbon. Details on the facility, the seller, and terms of the deal weren’t shared in the release. However, in its recent Q4 2025 results, the company said it had acquired “a building and land” in the Carnaxide area of Lisbon for $8.3...