DLR: Digital Realty Trust Inc., an owner of technology-related real estate, agreed to acquire eight data centers from Equinix Inc. for $874.4 million.
The properties are located in London, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, the San Francisco-based company said in a statement on Monday. Digital Realty also granted Equinix, based in London, an option to purchase its facility in Paris and the related operating business for about $215 million.
"We have made several recent strategic investments in Europe, and this new portfolio -– which is concentrated in three of the most strategically important data center and interconnection hubs in Europe -– will immediately bring on board a large, diversified customer base,” A. William Stein, Digital Realty’s chief executive officer, said in the statement.
The deal follows Equinix’s acquisition of Telecity Group Plc. The transaction with Digital Realty is expected to close in the second half of 2016.
Analyst Actions: Baird Upgrades Digital Realty Trust to Outperform, Price Target $124 - Stock Up 2% 3:27 PM ET, 01/16/2018 - MT Newswires
03:27 PM EST, 01/16/2018 (MT Newswires) -- Baird has upgraded Digital Realty Trust (DLR) to outperform from neutral with a price target of $124.00 on expectations for a strong 2018.
"Our outlook for DLR shares was incrementally more positive post its December investor day and was reaffirmed with a consistent outlook for FFO provided earlier," said Baird analyst David Rodgers in a note, expecting growth in funds from operations to average 8-12%.