<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001415889-22-004469.txt : 20220502
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-22-004469
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220422
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220502

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lee Jeannie
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001926524

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32336
		FILM NUMBER:		22883948

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		BUILDING 1, SUITE 275
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78735

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001297996
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				260081711
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1
		STREET 2:		SUITE 275
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78735
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(737) 281-0101

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5707 SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, BUILDING 1
		STREET 2:		SUITE 275
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78735

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040722
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 3,080 restricted stock units subject to time-based vesting in accordance with the applicable award, each of which represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Long-Term Incentive Units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (&quot;Operating Partnership&quot;), of which the Issuer is the general partner. Profits interest units may initially not have full parity with common limited partnership units of Operating Partnership (&quot;Common Units&quot;) with respect to liquidating distributions; however upon the occurrence of specified events, profits interest units may achieve full parity with Common Units for all purposes. Vested profits interest units that have achieved full parity with Common Units may be converted into an equal number of Common Units on a 1-for-1 basis at any time. Common Units are redeemable for cash based on the FMV of an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Issuer, or, at the election of the Issuer, for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's common stock, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions or similar events.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These units will vest in two equal annual installments beginning on October 1, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">N/A</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The units will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on February 25, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The units will vest in two annual installments beginning on March 4, 2023.</footnote>
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    <remarks>This initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities (&quot;Form 3&quot;) of the Issuer is filed to report information that is also being reported concurrently on a Form 3 for Digital Realty Trust, L.P ., a Maryland limited partnership (the &quot;Operating Partnership&quot;) of which the Issuer is the general partner. The information reported on this Form 3 for the Issuer is the same information reported in the Form 3 for the Operating Partnership.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Salini Nandipati, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-05-02</signatureDate>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center"><b><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Salini Nandipati and Chris Visgilio, or each of them singly, to be the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">prepare, execute in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s name and on the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>SEC<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and, in Digital Realty Trust, Inc.<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s capacity as general partner of Digital Realty Trust, L.P., Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (together, the <font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&ldquo;</font>Company<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rdquo;</font>), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and any amendments thereto and timely file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority, including, but not limited to, taking any actions necessary or desirable in connection with effectuating electronic filings; and</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:72px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(4)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; padding-left:72px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s discretion. </p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:61.067px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. &nbsp;The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned<font style="font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman">&rsquo;</font>s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. &nbsp;This Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28<sup>th</sup> day of April 2022</p>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt"><u>/s/_Jeannie Lee ___</u>Jeannie Lee </p>
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