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Digital Realty: Rome ROM1

Short Code: ROM1

Year Planned: 2027

Lot Size: 54 acres

Digital Realty has broken ground on its first data center in Rome, Italy. Work on the ROM1 facility has begun and is scheduled for completion in 2027.

The data center is the first of its kind for the company in Italy. The 22-hectare campus could total 2.3 million sq ft (213,676 sqm) at full build-out, making it one of the largest data center projects in the country.

Digital first announced plans for the facility in September 2023. Construction was originally expected to begin in Q4 2023.

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Sites within 15 miles of Digital Realty: Rome ROM1

Distance	Site	About
6.85 miles	Rai Way: Rome Campus	Rai Way’s Edge Data Center network will be supported by a Hyperscale Data Center located near the city of Rome.
6.85 miles	Rai Way: Rome Bldg3	This facility is part of Rai Way’s Edge Data Center network in Rome.
6.94 miles	Rai Way: Rome Bldg2	This facility is part of Rai Way’s Edge Data Center network in Rome.
6.95 miles	Rai Way: Rome Bldg4	This facility is part of Rai Way’s Edge Data Center network in Rome.
8.18 miles	Unidata: Ponte Galeria	This Tier III facility operates as a corporate colocation hub and network gateway.
8.70 miles	Unidata: Rome (UniCenter)	Italian telecommunications provider Unidata has partnered with private equity firm Azimut Libera Impressa to develop UniCenter, a new green and carrier neutral data center in Rome.
12.95 miles	Aruba: IT4 DC-E	The facility is part of Aruba's IT4 Data Center Campus in Rome, Italy.
12.99 miles	Aruba: IT4 DC-D	The facility is part of Aruba's IT4 Data Center Campus in Rome, Italy.
13.04 miles	Aruba: IT4 DC-C	The facility is part of Aruba's IT4 Data Center Campus in Rome, Italy.
13.09 miles	Aruba: IT4 DC-B	The facility is part of Aruba's IT4 Data Center Campus in Rome, Italy.
13.14 miles	Aruba Rome IT4	Originally scheduled for completion by Spring 2020, the data center campus in Rome's Tecnopolo Tiburtino area faced delays. The first building, DC-A, ultimately launched in 2024.
13.16 miles	Mediterra: Rome	In mid-2024, Mediterra DataCenters acquired and rebranded the former Cloud Europe facility in Rome as Mediterra ROM01.

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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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