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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities | 9 Months Ended
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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities. |
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities | ​ 5. Investments in Unconsolidated Entities A summary of the Company’s investments in unconsolidated entities accounted for under the equity method of accounting is shown below (in thousands): ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Balance as of | ​ | Balance as of
​ | ​ | ​ | September 30, 2024 | ​ | ​ | December 31, 2023
Americas (1)(5) | ​ | $ | 1,425,199 | ​ | $ | 1,363,226
APAC (2) | ​ | ​ | 613,748 | ​ | ​ | 569,996
EMEA (3) | ​ | ​ | 113,975 | ​ | ​ | 28,334
Global (4) | ​ | ​ | 303,526 | ​ | ​ | 334,333
Total | ​ | $ | 2,456,448 | ​ | $ | 2,295,889
Includes the following unconsolidated entities along with our ownership percentage:
(1) | Ascenty (51%), Blackstone (20%), Clise (50%), GI Partners (20%), Mapletree (20%), Menlo (20%), Mitsubishi (35%), Realty Income (20%), TPG Real Estate (20%), and Walsh (85%).
(2) | Digital Connexion (33%), Lumen (50%), and MC Digital Realty (50%).
(3) | Blackstone (20%), Medallion (60%), and Mivne (50%).
(4) | Digital Core REIT (38%).
(5) | In May 2024, we liquidated our 17% interest in Colovore, generating gross proceeds of approximately $35 million. We realized a gain of approximately $27 million on our original investments, made in 2015 and 2017. The gain is included within Other income, net on our condensed consolidated income statements.
​ Generally, we serve as the managing member responsible for operations in the ordinary course of business of the joint ventures. We perform the day-to-day accounting and property management functions for the joint ventures and, as such, will earn management fees. However, certain approval rights are granted through the terms of the joint venture agreements and require unanimous consent of both members with respect to any major decisions. Generally, major decisions are defined to include the annual plan which sets out joint venture and property level budgets, including lease revenues, operating expenses, and capital expenditures. As such, we concluded we do not own a controlling interest and accounted for our interest in the joint ventures under the equity method of accounting. ​ GI Partners Joint Venture – On July 13, 2023, we formed a joint venture with GI Partners, and GI Partners acquired a 65% interest in two stabilized hyperscale data center buildings in the Chicago metro area that we contributed. We retained a 35% interest in the joint venture. As a result of transferring control, we derecognized the data centers. In addition, GI Partners had a call option to increase their ownership interest in the joint venture from 65% to 80%. The call option top-up election notice was delivered to the Company on December 21, 2023. On January 12, 2024, GI Partners made an additional cash capital contribution, pursuant to the exercise of such call option, in the amount of $68 million, resulting in such additional 15% ownership in the joint venture. Currently, GI Partners has an 80% interest in the joint venture, and we have retained a 20% interest. We also granted GI Partners an option to purchase an interest in the third facility on the same hyperscale data center campus in Chicago. On April 16, 2024, we expanded our existing joint venture with GI Partners with the sale to GI Partners of a 75% interest in this third facility, see Note 2. “Investments in Properties”. ​ TPG Real Estate Joint Venture – On July 25, 2023, we formed a joint venture with TPG Real Estate, and TPG Real Estate acquired an 80% interest in three stabilized hyperscale data center buildings in Northern Virginia that we contributed. We retained a 20% interest in the joint venture. As a result of transferring control, we derecognized the data centers. Realty Income Joint Venture – On November 10, 2023, we formed a joint venture with Realty Income to support the development of two data centers in Northern Virginia. We retained a 20% interest in the joint venture. Realty Income contributed such cash to the joint venture in exchange for an 80% interest in the joint venture. Each partner funded its pro rata share of the remaining estimated development cost for the first phase of the project, which was completed in mid-2024. ​ Blackstone Joint Venture - On January 11, 2024, we formed a joint venture with Blackstone Inc. to develop four hyperscale data center campuses across Frankfurt, Paris and Northern Virginia. The campuses are planned to support the construction of 10 data centers with approximately 500 megawatts of potential IT load capacity. The first phase of the joint venture closed on hyperscale data center campuses in Paris and Northern Virginia, while the second phase is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to obtaining the required approvals. We retained a 20% interest in the joint venture. Each partner funded its pro rata share of the remaining $3.0 billion estimated development cost for the first phase of the joint venture, which is slated for completion in various stages, contingent on customer demand, which began in the first quarter of 2024. ​ Mitsubishi Joint Venture - On March 1, 2024, we formed a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, or Mitsubishi, to support the development of two data centers in the Dallas metro area. We retained a 35% interest in the joint venture. Each partner funded its pro rata share of the remaining $140 million estimated development cost for the first phase of the project, of which one project has been completed in June 2024 and another is slated for completion in late 2024. ​ DCREIT – Digital Core REIT is a standalone real estate investment trust formed under Singapore law, which is publicly traded on the Singapore Exchange under the ticker symbol “DCRU”. Digital Core REIT owns 10 operating data center properties. The Company’s ownership interest in the units of DCRU, as well as its ownership interest in the operating properties of DCRU are collectively referred to as the Company’s investment in DCREIT. ​ As of September 30, 2024, the Company held 32% of the outstanding DCRU units and separately owned a 10% direct retained interest in the underlying North American operating properties. DCREIT has a 49.9% interest in a consolidated asset in Frankfurt which we account for as noncontrolling interest. ​ The Company’s 32% interest in DCRU consisted of 414 million units and 406 million units as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Based on the closing price per unit of $0.62 and $0.65 as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, the fair value of the units the Company owned in DCRU was approximately $257 million and $264 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. ​ Pursuant to contractual agreements with DCRU and its operating properties, the Company will earn fees for asset and property management services as well as fees for aiding in future acquisition, disposition and development activities. Certain of these fees are payable to the Company in the form of additional units in DCRU or in cash. The Company earned fees pursuant to these contractual agreements of approximately $0.8 million and $2.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $6.8 million and $7.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, which is recorded as fee income and other on the condensed consolidated income statement. ​ On April 19, 2024, we completed the sale of an additional 24.9% interest in a data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany to DCREIT for total consideration of approximately $126 million, and DCREIT now has a 49.9% interest in the Frankfurt data center. Because the Company still controls this asset, no gain or loss was recorded on this 49.9% interest. In connection with this transaction, DCREIT loaned the consolidated subsidiary that owns the data center approximately $80 million. As of September 30, 2024, DCREIT has loaned $160.4 million, which is secured by the Frankfurt data center and is recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheets within Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities. ​ Ascenty – The Company’s ownership interest in Ascenty includes an approximate 2% interest held by one of the Company’s noncontrolling interest holders. This 2% interest had a carrying value of approximately $12 million and $18 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Ascenty is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and the Company’s maximum exposure to loss related to this VIE is limited to our equity investment in the entity. ​ Debt – The debt of our unconsolidated entities generally is non-recourse to us, except for customary exceptions pertaining to matters such as intentional misuse of funds, environmental conditions, and material misrepresentations.

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