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CoreSite Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

- Delivered Strong Q1 Financial Results, Including 7.0% Revenue Growth Year Over Year -

- Executed $7.0 Million of New and Expansions Sales, Driven by Retail Colocation and Small Scale -

DENVER, CO - April 29, 2021 - CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE:COR) ('the Company'), a premier provider of secure, reliable, high-uptime data center campuses with high-performance cloud access and interconnection solutions across the U.S., today announced financial results for quarter ended March 31, 2021.

Q1 2021 Quarterly Highlights

o Key Financial Results -
o Grew operating revenues to $157.6 million, an increase of 7.0% year over year and 1.7% sequentially
o Delivered net income of $0.51 per common diluted share, an increase of $0.03 year over year and $0.05 sequentially
o Grew adjusted EBITDA to $86.1 million, an increase of 9.4% year over year and 4.0% sequentially
o Generated FFO of $1.40 per diluted share and unit, an increase of $0.11, or 8.5% year over year and $0.06, or 4.5% sequentially
o Paid a dividend of $1.23 per share for the first quarter on April 15th
o Lease Commencements -
o Commenced 130 new and expansion leases for 28,776 net rentable square feet ('NRSF'), representing $5.9 million of annualized GAAP rent, for an average rate of $206 per NRSF
o Leasing Activity -
o Signed 134 new and expansion leases for 33,306 NRSF and $7.0 million of annualized GAAP rent, for an average rate of $209 per NRSF
o Renewed 276 leases for 91,605 NRSF and $15.9 million of annualized GAAP rent, for an average rate of $173 per NRSF
o Renewed leases reflected an increase of 2.3% in cash rent and 6.1% in GAAP rent, and we reported churn of 0.8%

'We are pleased with our start to the year, and we are excited about the growth opportunities achievable as we lease up our vacant and available capacity,' said Paul Szurek, CoreSite's President and Chief Executive Officer. 'CoreSite's network and cloud-dense customer communities continue to evidence a differentiated value proposition for customers who increasingly rely on digital operations to advance their business, and we believe our priorities and operating objectives will continue to drive long-term value creation.'

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Sales Activity

CoreSite achieved new and expansion sales of $7.0 million of annualized GAAP rent for the quarter, which included annualized GAAP rent of $3.6 million, $2.6 million, and $0.8 million from retail colocation, small scale, and large scale leases, respectively.

'Our sales results were primarily driven by retail colocation and small scale leasing through strong organic growth from existing customers and demand from new enterprises during the first quarter,' said Steve Smith, CoreSite's Chief Revenue Officer. 'We continue to pursue large scale and hyperscale leases supplementing our retail and small scale leasing volume throughout the remainder of 2021. We have the available capacity to provide the flexibility and scalability required by customers to execute their hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.'

In addition, on April 1st, CoreSite achieved an 89% leased percentage at LA3 Phase 1 within six months of construction completion as a result of signing a large scale lease for approximately $0.8 million of annualized GAAP rent immediately subsequent to quarter end. LA3 Phase 1 will become stabilized upon the expected commencement of the large scale lease in Q3 2021.

CoreSite had annualized GAAP backlog of $9.6 million, or $19.3 million on a cash basis, which is inclusive of the large scale lease signed at LA3 subsequent to quarter end.

Other Financial Results

CoreSite's $157.6 million of operating revenues for the first quarter included $133.0 million of rental, power and related revenue, reflecting 6.8% year over year growth, $22.2 million of interconnection revenue, reflecting 10.3% year over year growth, and $2.5 million of office, light-industrial and other revenue. Net income was $24.9 million for the quarter, or $0.51 attributable to each common diluted share.

Development Activity

CoreSite continues to invest and develop new capacity as needed to meet market demand.

o LA3 Phase 2 comprised of 54,000 NRSF and 6 MWs is under construction and continues to be on track for its estimated completion in the fourth quarter of 2021.

CoreSite's ongoing data center development and operational position includes -

o the ability to increase its occupied footprint of Tier 1, purpose-built data centers, both owned or leased, by approximately 2.0 million NRSF, or about 85.8%, including space unoccupied, under construction, pre-construction or held for development, and
o owning (versus leasing) 93.1% of its current and developable 4.3 million data center NRSF, supporting operational control, expansion and long-term expense management.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

The Company's balance sheet remains strong, with a ratio of net principal debt to fourth quarter annualized adjusted EBITDA of 5.1 times, or 4.9 times including GAAP backlog. As of the end of the first quarter, CoreSite had approximately $278.7 million of current liquidity, including $3.8 million of cash and $274.9 million of available capacity on its revolving credit facility.

2021 Guidance

The Company's 2021 guidance, including operating revenues, adjusted EBITDA, depreciation and amortization and capital expenditures, along with guidance drivers and other information, can be found on page 21 of CoreSite's Supplemental Information.

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Conference Call Details

CoreSite will host its first quarter 2021 earnings call on Thursday, April 29, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The call will be accessible by dialing 1-877-407-3982 (domestic) or 1-201-493-6780 (international).

A replay will be available after the call until May 6, 2021, and can be accessed dialing 1-844-512-2921 (domestic) or 1-412-317-6671 (international). The passcode for the replay is 13717856.

The quarterly conference call also will be offered as a simultaneous webcast, accessible by visiting CoreSite.com and clicking on the 'Investors' link. An on-line replay will be available for a limited time immediately following the call.

Concurrently with issuing its financial results, the Company will post its first quarter 2021 Supplemental Information on its website at CoreSite.com, under the 'Investors' link.

Upcoming Conferences and Events

CoreSite's management will participate virtually in the RBC Capital Markets Data Center & Connectivity Conference on May 25th, Cowen's 49th Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on June 2nd, the Nareit REITweek 2021 Investor Conference on June 8-9th, and Credit Suisse's 23rd Annual Communications Conference on June 15th.

About CoreSite

CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE:COR) delivers secure, reliable, high-uptime data center campuses with high-performance cloud access and interconnection solutions to a growing customer ecosystem across eight key North American markets. More than 1,375 of the world's leading enterprises, network operators, cloud providers, and supporting service providers choose CoreSite to connect, protect and optimize their performance-sensitive data, applications and computing workloads. Our scalable, flexible solutions and 475+ dedicated employees consistently deliver unmatched data center options - all of which leads to a best-in-class customer experience and lasting relationships. For more information, visit www.CoreSite.com.

CoreSite Contact

Kate Ruppe

Investor Relations Manager

303-222-7369
InvestorRelations@CoreSite.com

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Forward Looking Statements

This earnings release and accompanying supplemental information may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as 'believes,' 'expects,' 'may,' 'will,' 'should,' 'seeks,' 'approximately,' 'intends,' 'plans,' 'pro forma,' 'estimates' or 'anticipates' or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond CoreSite's control that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. These risks include, without limitation: the geographic concentration of the Company's data centers in certain markets and any adverse developments in local economic conditions or the level of supply of or demand for data center space in these markets; fluctuations in interest rates and increased operating costs; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; significant industry competition, including indirect competition from cloud service providers; failure to obtain necessary outside financing; the ability to service existing debt; the failure to qualify or maintain its status as a REIT; financial market fluctuations; changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates; the effects on our business operations, demand for our services and general economic conditions resulting from the spread of the novel coronavirus ('COVID-19') in our markets, as well as orders, directives and legislative action by local, state and federal governments in response to such spread of COVID-19; and other factors affecting the real estate industry generally. All forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled 'Risk Factors' in its most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and other risks described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Company Profile

Low-latency, secure and reliable access to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Alibaba Cloud, Oracle and IBM from eight key North American Markets.

ONE DATA CENTER PROVIDER. EVERYTHING YOU NEED.

CONNECTIVITY TO NETWORKS AND CLOUDS

THE BEST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Connecting to cloud and network providers within the same data center campus can save thousands of dollars a month in networking and data egress fees while reducing latency

• Optionality to connect to 775+ cloud, IT and network service providers as business needs evolve

• 31,000+ interconnections

• Multiple options for peering and cloud exchange, including the CoreSite Open Cloud ExchangeTM, and the Any2 Exchange for Internet Peering, the second largest peering exchange in the U.S.

• The CoreSite Interconnect GatewaySMallows customers to rapidly optimize application performance with a 100% managed solution

• CoreSite's Inter-Site Connectivity allows SDN connectivity between its markets, enabling access to its national ecosystem

475+ team dedicated to ensuring optimal data center performance and meeting the needs of our 1,375+ customers at all times of day

• Consistent customer satisfaction demonstrated by customer expansion and retention

• Dedicated move-in and service representatives, and in-house 24/7 data center operations personnel

• 100% uptime Service Level Agreement with a minimum of six-nines portfolio uptime goal - achieved seven-nines of uptime for two consecutive years

• Prepared to support and respond to our customers, employees, and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Direct access through our customer portal to provision new space, power, cross-connects, and monitor temperature, humidity, and power draw

HIGH GROWTH, HIGH-DENSITY SOLUTIONS

LOW LATENCY, EDGE MARKETS, GLOBAL REACH

Cloud connectivity is important, and so is the ability for a data center campus to grow as business evolves

• The ability to cost-effectively scale from a single cabinet to a large-scale deployment

• Data center campuses that connect our buildings via short-run dark fiber to a network/cloud dense campus ecosystem

• Flexible and high-density solutions

The closer a business is to its end users, the easier it is to provide a high quality experience

• 25 operating data centers in eight major metros that provide access to 75% of US businesses within 5 milliseconds

• National footprint with international cloud and data center partnerships for multi-market requirements

• Access to subsea cables for international reach

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Summary of Financial Data

(in thousands, except per share, NRSF and MRR data)

For the period of

Growth %

Growth %

Summary of Results

Q1 2021

Q4 2020

Q1 2020

Q/Q

Y/Y

GAAP Financial Measures

Operating revenues

$

157,642

$

154,938

$

147,362

1.7

%

7.0

%

Net income

24,915

22,409

22,988

11.2

8.4

Net income attributable to common shares

21,868

19,658

17,848

11.2

22.5

Net income per share attributable to common shares - diluted

$

0.51

$

0.46

$

0.48

10.9

6.3

REIT Financial Measures(1)

Funds from operations (FFO) to shares and units

$

67,804

$

64,927

$

62,403

4.4

%

8.7

%

Adjusted funds from operations (AFFO)

60,489

61,694

60,110

(2.0)

0.6

EBITDAre

81,675

78,738

75,179

3.7

8.6

Adjusted EBITDA

86,071

82,771

78,661

4.0

9.4

FFO per common share and OP unit - diluted

$

1.40

$

1.34

$

1.29

4.5

8.5

Other Financial Ratios

EBITDAre Margin

51.8

%

50.8

%

51.0

%

100

bps

80

bps

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

54.6

%

53.4

%

53.4

%

120

bps

120

bps

As of

Q1 2021

Q4 2020

Q3 2020

Q2 2020

Q1 2020

Dividend Activity

Dividends declared per share and OP unit

$

1.23

$

1.23

$

1.22

$

1.22

$

1.22

TTM FFO payout ratio

91.1

%

92.7

%

93.1

%

93.9

%

95.2

%

TTM AFFO payout ratio

95.5

%

95.3

%

94.8

%

95.2

%

95.9

%

Operating Portfolio Statistics

Operating data center properties

25

25

24

24

23

Stabilized data center NRSF

2,502,591

2,502,591

2,516,411

2,516,411

2,482,660

Stabilized data center NRSF occupied

2,189,595

2,174,897

2,207,215

2,226,153

2,183,751

Stabilized data center % occupied

87.5

%

86.9

%

87.7

%

88.5

%

88.0

%

Turn-Key Data Center ('TKD') Same-Store Statistics

MRR per cabinet equivalent

$

1,508

$

1,478

$

1,474

$

1,465

$

1,468

TKD NRSF % occupied

84.7

%

83.9

%

83.0

%

83.0

%

81.6

%

Market Capitalization & Net Principal Debt

Total enterprise value

$

7,600,880

$

7,817,206

$

7,479,878

$

7,514,871

$

7,218,678

Total net principal debt outstanding

$

1,740,209

$

1,717,957

$

1,692,106

$

1,621,314

$

1,577,193

Net Principal Debt to:

Annualized adjusted EBITDA

5.1

x

5.2

x

5.2

x

5.0

x

5.0

x

Annualized adjusted EBITDA, including backlog(2)

4.9

x

5.1

x

4.9

x

4.8

x

4.7

x

Enterprise value

22.9

%

22.0

%

22.6

%

21.6

%

21.8

%

(1) See reconciliations of non-GAAP measures on page 11 and a discussion of the non-GAAP disclosures in the Appendix.
(2) Backlog is the annualized rent for data center leases that were signed, but have not yet commenced during the quarter. Backlog for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, was $9.6 million on a GAAP basis and $19.3 million on a cash basis, inclusive of a large scale lease signed at LA3 Phase 1 on April 1, 2021.

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March 31,

December 31,

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2020

Assets:

Investments in real estate:

Land

$

109,400

$

104,734

Buildings and improvements

2,281,662

2,273,536

2,391,062

2,378,270

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

(907,256)

(867,975)

Net investment in operating properties

1,483,806

1,510,295

Construction in progress

335,913

319,411

Net investments in real estate

1,819,719

1,829,706

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

168,879

173,928

Cash and cash equivalents

3,791

5,543

Accounts and other receivables, net

22,102

20,849

Lease intangibles, net

2,061

2,507

Goodwill

40,646

40,646

Other assets, net

108,015

103,094

Total assets

$

2,165,213

$

2,176,273

Liabilities and equity:

Liabilities

Debt, net

$

1,736,972

$

1,715,911

Operating lease liabilities

184,775

189,404

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

79,185

79,140

Accrued dividends and distributions

62,861

63,878

Acquired below-market lease contracts, net

2,263

2,313

Unearned revenue, prepaid rent and other liabilities

50,340

53,149

Total liabilities

2,116,396

2,103,795

Stockholders' equity

Common stock, par value $0.01

424

422

Additional paid-in capital

559,777

555,595

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(14,463)

(20,526)

Distributions in excess of net income

(502,894)

(471,910)

Total stockholders' equity

42,844

63,581

Noncontrolling interests

5,973

8,897

Total equity

48,817

72,478

Total liabilities and equity

$

2,165,213

$

2,176,273

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

Operating revenues:

Data center revenue:(1)

Rental, power, and related revenue

$

132,976

$

130,430

$

124,505

Interconnection revenue

22,160

21,947

20,085

Total data center revenue

155,136

152,377

144,590

Office, light-industrial and other revenue

2,506

2,561

2,772

Total operating revenues

157,642

154,938

147,362

Operating expenses:

Property operating and maintenance

42,632

43,649

40,183

Real estate taxes and insurance

6,735

6,218

6,190

Depreciation and amortization

44,628

44,386

40,991

Sales and marketing

5,862

5,844

6,144

General and administrative

11,517

10,302

11,267

Rent

9,221

10,187

8,399

Total operating expenses

120,595

120,586

113,174

Operating income

37,047

34,352

34,188

Interest expense

(12,123)

(11,933)

(11,183)

Income before income taxes

24,924

22,419

23,005

Income tax expense

(9)

(10)

(17)

Net income

24,915

22,409

22,988

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

3,047

2,751

5,140

Net income attributable to common shares

$

21,868

$

19,658

$

17,848

Net income per share attributable to common shares:

Basic

$

0.52

$

0.46

$

0.48

Diluted

$

0.51

$

0.46

$

0.48

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

42,378

42,330

37,336

Diluted

42,592

42,529

37,504

(1) Below is a breakout of our contractual data center rental, power, and tenant reimbursements and other revenue:

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

Rental revenue

$

85,207

$

83,891

$

80,886

Power revenue

44,360

43,374

41,278

Tenant reimbursement and other

3,409

3,165

2,341

Rental, power, and related revenue

$

132,976

$

130,430

$

124,505

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Reconciliations of Net Income to FFO, AFFO, EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

Net income

$

24,915

$

22,409

$

22,988

Real estate depreciation and amortization

42,889

42,518

39,415

FFO available to common shareholders and OP unit holders

$

67,804

$

64,927

$

62,403

Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted

42,592

42,529

37,504

Weighted average OP units outstanding - diluted

5,941

5,943

10,796

Total weighted average shares and units outstanding - diluted

48,533

48,472

48,300

FFO per common share and OP unit - diluted

$

1.40

$

1.34

$

1.29

Reconciliation of FFO to AFFO

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

FFO available to common shareholders and unit holders

$

67,804

$

64,927

$

62,403

Adjustments:

Amortization of deferred financing costs and hedge amortization

987

1,028

1,029

Non-cash compensation

4,393

4,033

3,482

Non-real estate depreciation

1,739

1,868

1,576

Straight-line rent adjustment

(1,792)

(1,243)

(419)

Amortization of above and below market leases

(37)

(37)

(34)

Recurring capital expenditures - Data Center

(4,169)

(2,457)

(1,418)

Recurring capital expenditures - Office and light-industrial

(2,221)

-

-

Tenant improvements

(2,770)

(1,506)

(966)

Capitalized leasing costs

(3,445)

(4,919)

(5,543)

AFFO available to common shareholders and OP unit holders

$

60,489

$

61,694

$

60,110

Reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDA

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

Net income

$

24,915

$

22,409

$

22,988

Adjustments:

Interest expense

12,123

11,933

11,183

Income taxes

9

10

17

Depreciation and amortization

44,628

44,386

40,991

EBITDAre

$

81,675

$

78,738

$

75,179

Non-cash compensation

4,393

4,033

3,482

Transaction costs / litigation

3

-

-

Adjusted EBITDA

$

86,071

$

82,771

$

78,661

For additional discussion of these non-GAAP measures, see the Appendix starting on page 22.

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Operating Portfolio & Top Customers

Data Center Operating Portfolio

Annualized

Stabilized

Pre-Stabilized

Total

Held for

Rent

Total

Percent

Total

Percent

Percent

NRSF Under

Development

Market

($000)(1)

NRSF

Occupied(2)

NRSF

Occupied(2)

NRSF

Occupied(2)

Construction

NRSF

Total NRSF

San Francisco Bay

$

107,079

888,108

86.7

%

52,201

76.2

%

940,309

86.2

%

-

240,000

1,180,309

Los Angeles (3)

92,128

563,943

91.1

67,614

69.1

631,557

88.7

54,388

64,740

750,685

Northern Virginia

58,803

516,036

87.6

51,233

27.7

567,269

82.2

-

809,742

1,377,011

New York

24,006

168,267

88.5

34,589

19.8

202,856

76.8

-

81,799

284,655

Chicago

17,180

178,407

87.7

54,798

0.8

233,205

67.3

-

112,368

345,573

Boston

14,953

122,730

77.2

19,961

9.3

142,691

67.7

-

110,985

253,676

Denver

5,754

34,924

81.0

-

-

34,924

81.0

-

-

34,924

Miami

1,775

30,176

81.7

-

-

30,176

81.7

-

13,154

43,330

Total Data Center Facilities

$

321,678

2,502,591

87.5

%

280,396

39.2

%

2,782,987

82.6

%

54,388

1,432,788

4,270,163

Office & Light-Industrial (4)

8,427

418,110

79.6

-

-

418,110

79.6

-

(49,799)

368,311

Total Portfolio

$

330,105

2,920,701

86.3

%

280,396

39.2

%

3,201,097

82.2

%

54,388

1,382,989

4,638,474

(1) On a gross basis, our total portfolio annualized rent was approximately $336.8 million as of March 31, 2021, which includes $6.7 million in operating expense reimbursements under modified gross and triple-net leases.
(2) Includes customer leases that have commenced as of March 31, 2021. If all leases signed during the current and prior periods had commenced, the percent occupied would have been as follows:

Percent Leased

Stabilized

Pre-Stabilized*

Total*

Total Data Center Facilities

89.3

%

46.1

%

84.9

%

Total Portfolio

88.7

%

46.1

%

84.9

%

* Inclusive of a large scale lease signed at LA3 Phase 1 on April 1, 2021

(3) Due to our decision to exit and vacate our leased data center space at LA4 and two computer rooms at LA1 by the end of 2021, we have excluded these leased spaces and the associated annualized rent from the reported Los Angeles market operating property portfolio.
(4) Included within our Reston Campus Expansion held for development space is 49,799 NRSF which is currently operating as office and light-industrial space.

10 Largest Customers (total portfolio, including data center and office and light-industrial 'OLI')

Weighted

Percentage

Percentage

Average

Number

Total

of Total

Annualized

of Total

Remaining

of

Occupied

Operating

Rent

Annualized

Lease Term in

CoreSite Vertical

Customer Industry

Locations

NRSF

NRSF(1)

($000)

Rent(2)

Months(3)

1

Cloud

Public Cloud

10

210,404

6.6

%

$

41,662

12.6

%

80

2

Enterprise

Digital Content

8

157,560

4.9

22,786

6.9

33

3

Cloud

Public Cloud

11

329,742

10.3

19,857

6.0

35

4

Cloud

Public Cloud

3

118,684

3.7

13,792

4.2

32

5

Network

Global Service Provider

9

44,147

1.4

9,388

2.8

17

6

Enterprise(4)

Travel / Hospitality

2

32,828

1.0

6,953

2.1

6

7

Cloud

Software as a Service

1

30,032

0.9

5,363

1.6

56

8

Network

US National Service Provider

14

39,784

1.2

5,067

1.5

29

9

Network

Cable Service Provider

16

22,327

0.7

4,614

1.4

38

10

Enterprise

SI & MSP

1

35,402

1.1

4,288

1.3

21

Total / Weighted Average

1,020,909

31.9

%

$

133,768

40.5

%

46

(1) Represents the customer's total occupied square feet divided by the total operating NRSF in the portfolio as of March 31, 2021.
(2) Represents the customer's total annualized rent divided by the total annualized rent in the portfolio as of March 31, 2021.
(3) Weighted average based on percentage of total annualized rent expiring calculated as of March 31, 2021.
(4) This customer has $5.1 million of annualized rent expiring at the end of Q3 2021 and $1.7 million of annualized rent expiring at the beginning of Q4 2021, which will not be renewed.

See the Appendix starting on page 22 for definitions

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Leasing Statistics

Data Center Leasing Activity

GAAP

GAAP

Cash

Leasing

Number

Annualized

Total

Annualized

Rental

Cash

GAAP

Activity

of

Rent

Leased

Rent per

Churn

Rent

Rent

Period

Leases(1)

($000)

NRSF

Leased NRSF

Rate

Growth

Growth

New / expansion leases commenced

Q1 2021

130

$

5,926

28,776

$

206

Q4 2020

147

20,397

109,154

187

Q3 2020

130

7,188

33,233

216

Q2 2020

121

7,925

45,271

175

Q1 2020

112

9,678

45,322

214

New / expansion leases signed

Q1 2021

134

$

6,975

33,306

$

209

Q4 2020

151

9,685

53,953

180

Q3 2020

129

12,485

72,207

173

Q2 2020

112

3,471

22,191

156

Q1 2020

117

12,006

59,354

202

Renewal leases signed

Q1 2021

276

$

15,870

91,605

$

173

0.8

%

2.3

%

6.1

%

Q4 2020

260

15,844

121,420

130

5.4

1.0

4.4

Q3 2020

309

20,662

135,959

152

1.9

2.9

5.1

Q2 2020

333

24,961

174,926

143

1.0

(1.5)

5.5

Q1 2020

280

17,334

120,943

143

3.3

1.4

7.2

(1) Number of leases represents each agreement with a customer; a lease agreement could include multiple spaces and a customer could have multiple leases.

New / Expansion Leases Signed by Deployment Size by Period(1)

Q1 2021

Q4 2020

Q3 2020

Q2 2020

Q1 2020

GAAP Annualized Rent ($000)

Retail Colocation (< 130 CkW)

$

3,558

$

4,448

$

3,589

$

1,901

$

1,748

Small Scale (130 - 500 CkW)

2,639

3,721

1,634

1,570

6,652

Large Scale & Hyperscale (> 500 CkW)

778

1,516

7,262

-

3,606

Total GAAP Annualized Rent

$

6,975

$

9,685

$

12,485

$

3,471

$

12,006

(1) Our new and expansion leases signed are presented based on the critical kilowatt ('CkW') size, which represents the maximum amount of power that customers can draw per their contractual lease agreement.

MRR per Cabinet Equivalent Billed (TKD Occupied Same-Store)(1)

(1) During the first quarter of 2021, we updated the same-store turn-key data center pool to include all space available for lease that existed as turn-key data center space as of December 31, 2019. The MRR per Cabinet Equivalent Billed for all periods reported was updated to reflect the new same-store pool.

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Leasing Statistics

Lease Distribution (total portfolio, including total data center and office and light-industrial 'OLI')

Total

Percentage

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Operating

of Total

Annualized

of Total

of

of All

NRSF of

Operating

Rent

Annualized

Lease Distribution

Leases

Leases

Leases

NRSF

($000)

Rent

Unoccupied data center

Leased but not commenced

-

-

%

60,343

1.9

%

$

-

-

%

Available capacity

-

-

424,027

13.2

-

-

Unoccupied OLI

Leased but not commenced

-

-

23,901

0.8

-

-

Available capacity

-

-

61,597

1.9

-

-

Data center deployment by CkW:

Retail Colocation (< 130 CkW)

2,169

85.7

520,050

16.2

78,508

23.7

Small Scale (130 - 500 CkW)

151

6.0

436,564

13.6

71,001

21.5

Large Scale (501 - 2,000 CkW)

48

1.9

424,240

13.3

66,039

20.0

Hyperscale (> 2,000 CkW)

12

0.5

494,912

15.5

89,337

27.1

Powered shell

18

0.7

422,851

13.2

16,793

5.1

OLI

132

5.2

332,612

10.4

8,427

2.6

Portfolio Total

2,530

100.0

%

3,201,097

100.0

%

$

330,105

100.0

%

Lease Expirations (total portfolio, including total data center and office and light-industrial 'OLI')

Total

Annualized

Number

Operating

Percentage

Percentage

Annualized

Annualized

Rent Per

of

NRSF of

of Total

Annualized

of Total

Rent Per

Rent at

Leased

Leases

Expiring

Operating

Rent

Annualized

Leased

Expiration

NRSF at

Year of Lease Expiration

Expiring(1)

Leases

NRSF

($000)

Rent

NRSF

($000)(2)

Expiration

Unoccupied data center

-

484,370

15.1

%

$

-

-

%

$

-

$

-

$

-

Unoccupied OLI

-

85,498

2.7

-

-

-

-

-

2021

969

529,887

16.5

76,410

23.1

144

76,656

145

2022

788

440,628

13.8

69,863

21.1

159

71,143

161

2023

350

373,396

11.7

55,848

17.0

150

59,507

159

2024

165

155,843

4.9

25,490

7.7

164

29,042

186

2025

86

218,719

6.8

29,499

8.9

135

39,245

179

2026-Thereafter

40

580,144

18.1

64,568

19.6

111

75,125

129

OLI (3)

132

332,612

10.4

8,427

2.6

25

9,992

30

Portfolio Total / Weighted Average

2,530

3,201,097

100.0

%

$

330,105

100.0

%

$

125

$

360,710

$

137

(1) Includes leases that upon expiration will automatically be renewed, primarily on a year-to-year basis. Number of leases represents each agreement with a customer; a lease agreement could include multiple spaces and a customer could have multiple leases.
(2) Represents the final monthly contractual rent under existing customer leases as of March 31, 2021, multiplied by 12. This amount reflects total annualized base rent before any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements and excludes power revenue, interconnection revenue and operating expense reimbursement. Leases expiring during 2021 include annualized rent of $9.4 million associated with lease terms currently on a month-to-month basis.
(3) The office and light-industrial leases are scheduled to expire as follows:

NRSF of

Annualized

Expiring

Rent

Year

Leases

($000)

2021

47,067

$

1,535

2022

65,373

1,497

2023

134,112

2,952

2024

10,805

295

2025

26,572

748

Thereafter

48,683

1,400

Total OLI

332,612

$

8,427

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Geographic and Vertical Diversification

Geographical Diversification

Percentage of Total Data Center

Annualized Rent

Metropolitan Market

March 31,

2021

December 31, 2020

San Francisco Bay

33.3

%

32.7

%

Los Angeles

28.6

29.2

Northern Virginia

18.3

18.5

New York

7.5

7.2

Chicago

5.3

5.3

Boston

4.6

4.8

Denver

1.8

1.8

Miami

0.6

0.5

Total

100.0

%

100.0

%

Vertical Diversification

Percentage of Total Data Center

Annualized Rent

Vertical

March 31,

2021

December 31, 2020

Enterprise

42.0

%

42.2

%

Cloud

34.1

33.8

Network

23.9

24.0

Total

100.0

%

100.0

%

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Capital Expenditures and Completed

Pre-Stabilized Projects

(in thousands, except NRSF, cost per NRSF, MW, and cost per MW data)

Capital Expenditures and Repairs and Maintenance

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

2021

2020

2020

2020

Data center expansion(1)

$

19,951

$

29,110

$

37,117

$

70,187

Non-recurring investments(2)

551

1,078

980

996

Tenant improvements

2,770

1,506

1,275

2,172

Recurring capital expenditures - Data Center(3)

4,169

2,457

2,911

1,550

Recurring capital expenditures - Office and light-industrial(3)

2,221

-

-

-

Total capital expenditures

$

29,662

$

34,151

$

42,283

$

74,905

Repairs and maintenance expense(4)

$

3,688

$

4,214

$

3,649

$

3,290

(1) Data center expansion capital expenditures include new data center construction, development projects adding capacity to existing data centers and other revenue generating investments. Data center expansion also includes investment of Deferred Expansion Capital.
(2) Non-recurring investments include upgrades to existing data center or office space and company-wide improvements that are ancillary to revenue generation, such as internal system development for on-premises IT infrastructure and system-wide security upgrades, which have a future economic benefit.
(3) Recurring capital expenditures within our data center space include required equipment upgrades with future economic benefit within our operating portfolio. Recurring capital incurred within our office and light-industrial space is spend to convert vacant unrefined space into useable office space in preparation for a specific customer deployment.
(4) Repairs and maintenance expense is classified within property operating and maintenance expense in the consolidated statements of operations. These expenditures represent recurring maintenance contracts and repairs to operating equipment necessary to maintain current operations.

Completed Pre-Stabilized Projects

Metropolitan

Power

Cost Per

Cost Per

Percent

Percent

Projects / Facilities

Market

Completion

NRSF

(MW)

Cost(1)

NRSF

MW

Leased(2)

Occupied

LA1

Los Angeles

Q2 2019

17,238

1.5

$

11,635

$

675

$

7,757

48.8

%

45.1

%

VA3 Phase 1B

Northern Virginia

Q2 2019

51,233

6.0

53,393

1,042

8,899

40.6

27.7

BO1

Boston

Q4 2019

19,961

1.5

7,124

357

4,749

9.3

9.3

NY2 Phase 3

New York

Q1 2020

34,589

4.0

50,144

1,450

12,536

31.8

19.8

CH2 Phase 1

Chicago

Q2 2020

54,798

6.0

62,988

1,149

10,498

3.8

0.8

SV8 Phase 3

San Francisco Bay

Q2 2020

52,201

6.0

61,375

1,176

10,229

77.5

76.2

LA3 Phase 1

Los Angeles

Q4 2020

50,376

6.0

72,513

1,439

12,086

88.8

(2)

77.3

Total completed pre-stabilized

280,396

31.0

$

319,172

$

1,138

$

10,296

46.1

%

39.2

%

(1) Cost includes capital expenditures related to the specific project / phase and, for CH2 Phase 1, LA3 Phase 1, NY2 Phase 3, SV8 Phase 3, and VA3 Phase 1B projects, also includes allocations of capital expenditures related to land, building shell, and infrastructure that were incurred at the beginning or during the first phase of the overall project.
(2) Includes customer leases that have been signed as of March 31, 2021, but have not commenced. The percent leased is determined based on leased NRSF as a proportion of total pre-stabilized NRSF. The percent leased reported for LA3 Phase 1 is inclusive of a large scale lease executed subsequent to quarter-end on April 1, 2021. As a result of this sales activity, LA3 Phase 1 is expected to become stabilized in Q3 2021 with the commencement of this lease.

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Development Summary

Data Center Leasing Capacity

The following chart sets forth the total data center power capacity in megawatts ('MW'), net of backlog, available in our portfolio as of the end of each reporting period presented:

(1) The available capacity represents total MW's within unoccupied operating data center space, net of backlog.
(2) The MWs under construction represents sellable capacity that will be available for lease according to the estimated timeline disclosed in the development table below.
(3) The developable MW's represents the sellable capacity that is currently held for development within existing core and shell buildings.

Development Detail

(in thousands, except NRSF and power data)

Under Construction

Held for Development

Total

Costs

Estimated

Estimated

Estimated

Incurred

Estimated

Percent

Power

Power

Projects/Facilities

Completion

NRSF

To- Date

Total

Leased

(MW)

NRSF

Total Cost

(MW)

NRSF

Cost

Data center expansion

BO1

-

-

$

-

$

-

-

%

-

110,985

$

71,200

9.0

110,985

$

71,200

CH2

Phase 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

56,184

40,000

6.0

56,184

40,000

Phase 3

-

-

-

-

-

-

56,184

40,000

6.0

56,184

40,000

LA1

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,352

1,250

0.5

10,352

1,250

LA3

Phase 2

Q4 2021

54,388

2,898

30,100

-

6.0

-

-

-

54,388

30,100

Phase 3

54,388

36,000

6.0

54,388

36,000

MI1

-

-

-

-

-

-

13,154

7,500

1.0

13,154

7,500

NY2

Phase 4

-

-

-

-

-

-

46,699

23,000

5.0

46,699

23,000

Phase 5

-

-

-

-

-

-

35,100

40,000

4.5

35,100

40,000

VA3

Phase 1C

-

-

-

-

-

-

49,316

35,000

6.0

49,316

35,000

Phase 1D

-

-

-

-

-

-

34,143

22,000

3.0

34,143

22,000

Phase 1E

-

-

-

-

-

-

23,365

22,000

3.0

23,365

22,000

Total data center expansion

54,388

$

2,898

$

30,100

-

%

6.0

489,870

$

337,950

50.0

544,258

$

368,050

New development

Ground-up construction

VA3

Phase 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

289,173

200,000

27.0

289,173

200,000

Reston Campus Expansion

Future Phases

-

-

-

-

-

-

363,946

550,000

54.0

363,946

550,000

Pre-construction

SV9

-

-

-

-

-

-

240,000

325,000

30.0

240,000

325,000

Total new development

-

$

-

$

-

-

%

-

893,119

$

1,075,000

111.0

893,119

$

1,075,000

Total development(1)(2)

54,388

$

2,898

$

30,100

-

%

6.0

1,382,989

$

1,412,950

161.0

1,437,377

$

1,443,050

(1) In addition to new development and incremental capacity in existing core and shell buildings, we have land adjacent to our NY2 facility, in the form of an existing parking lot. By utilizing this land, we believe we can build approximately 100,000 NRSF of data center capacity in Secaucus, New Jersey, upon receipt of necessary entitlements.
(2) We have an estimated $34.0 million in deferred expansion capital under construction at multiple properties as of March 31, 2021, of which $14.5 million has been incurred to-date. We estimate approximately $49 million of additional deferred expansion capital may be required in the future to support existing or anticipated future customer utilization.

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Market Capitalization and Debt Summary

(in thousands, except per share data)

Market Capitalization

Shares or

Equivalents

Market Price as of

Market Value

Outstanding

March 31, 2021

Equivalents

Common shares

42,985

$

119.85

$

5,151,700

Operating partnership units

5,915

119.85

708,971

Total equity

5,860,671

Total net principal debt outstanding(1)

1,740,209

Total enterprise value

$

7,600,880

Net principal debt to enterprise value

22.9

%

(1) Net principal debt outstanding includes total principal debt outstanding net of $3.8 million of cash and cash equivalents.

Debt Summary(1)

Weighted

Outstanding as of:

Average

March 31,

December 31,

Instrument

Rate(2)

2021

2020

Revolving credit facility

1.36

%

$

169,000

$

148,500

Senior unsecured term loans

2.27

700,000

700,000

Senior unsecured notes

4.16

875,000

875,000

Total principal debt outstanding

1,744,000

1,723,500

Unamortized deferred financing costs

(7,028)

(7,589)

Total debt

$

1,736,972

$

1,715,911

Weighted average interest rate

3.13

%

Floating rate vs. fixed rate debt

10% / 90%

9% / 91%

(1) See the filed Form 10-K and 10-Q for information on specific debt instruments.
(2) The interest rates above reflect the impacts of interest rate swap agreements.

Debt Maturities

(1) The revolving credit facility contains a one-time extension option, which, if exercised, would extend the maturity date to November 2024.

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Interest Summary, Debt Covenants and Liquidity

(in thousands)

Interest Expense Components

Three Months Ended

March 31,

December 31,

March 31,

2021

2020

2020

Interest expense and fees

$

13,700

$

13,748

$

13,620

Amortization of deferred financing costs and hedge amortization

987

1,028

1,029

Capitalized interest

(2,564)

(2,843)

(3,466)

Total interest expense

$

12,123

$

11,933

$

11,183

Percent capitalized

17.5

%

19.2

%

23.7

%

Debt Covenants and Liquidity

Revolving Credit Facility and Senior Unsecured Term Loans and Notes

March 31,

December 31,

September 30,

June 30,

March 31,

Required Compliance

2021

2020

2020

2020

2020

Fixed charge coverage ratio

Greater than 1.50x

6.2

x

6.0

x

6.1

x

6.5

x

5.8

x

Total indebtedness to gross asset value

Less than 60%

33.8

%

33.6

%

32.3

%

31.1

%

31.2

%

Secured debt to gross asset value

Less than 40%

-

%

-

%

-

%

-

%

-

%

Revolving credit facility availability

$

450,000

$

450,000

$

450,000

$

450,000

$

450,000

Borrowings outstanding

(169,000)

(148,500)

(120,000)

(99,000)

(155,500)

Outstanding letters of credit

(6,053)

(6,053)

(6,053)

(6,053)

(6,053)

Current availability

$

274,947

$

295,447

$

323,947

$

344,947

$

288,447

Cash

3,791

5,543

2,894

2,686

3,307

Current liquidity

$

278,738

$

300,990

$

326,841

$

347,633

$

291,754

Subsequent debt financing(1)

-

-

-

50,000

100,000

Pro forma liquidity

$

278,738

$

300,990

$

326,841

$

397,633

$

391,754

(1) On May 6, 2020, the Company executed a note purchase agreement to issue an aggregate principal of $150 million senior notes. On May 6, 2020, we issued $100 million of senior notes, and on July 14, 2020, we issued the remaining $50 million of senior notes. The proceeds from the senior notes were used to pay down outstanding amounts on the revolving credit facility.

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Components of Net Asset Value (NAV)

(in thousands)

Cash Net Operating Income

Reconciliation of Net Operating Income (NOI)

Q1 2021

Annualized

Operating Income

$

37,047

$

148,188

Adjustments:

Depreciation and amortization

44,628

178,512

General and administrative

11,517

46,068

Net Operating Income

$

93,192

$

372,768

Cash Net Operating Income (Cash NOI)

Net Operating Income

$

93,192

$

372,768

Adjustments:

Straight-line rent

(1,792)

(7,168)

Amortization of above and below-market leases

(37)

(148)

Cash NOI

$

91,363

$

365,452

Cash NOI with backlog (84.9% leased)(1)

$

96,188

$

384,752

Cash stabilized NOI (93% leased)

$

105,365

$

421,460

(1) Cash NOI with backlog includes cash backlog as of March 31, 2021, less any leasing of currently occupied NRSF and data center projects under development.

Development Projects

Data Center Projects Under Construction

Q1 2021

TKD construction in progress(1)

$

2,898

Remaining spend(1)

27,202

Total

$

30,100

Targeted stabilized annual yields

12 - 16

%

Annualized pro forma NOI range

$

3,600 - 4,800

(1) Does not include spend associated with leasing commissions. See page 18 for further breakdown of data center projects under construction.

Other Assets and Liabilities

Other Assets

Q1 2021

Remaining construction in progress(1)

$

333,015

Cash and cash equivalents

3,791

Accounts and other receivables

22,102

Other tangible assets

32,198

Total other assets

$

391,106

Liabilities

Principal debt

$

1,744,000

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities

129,525

Accrued dividends and distributions

62,861

Total liabilities

$

1,936,386

Weighted average common shares and units - diluted

48,533

(1) Represents the book value of in-progress capital projects, including land and shell building, of future data center expansion, non-recurring investments, tenant improvements and recurring capital expenditures.

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Structure

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2021 Guidance

(in thousands, except per share data)

The annual guidance provided below represents forward-looking projections, which are based on current economic conditions, internal assumptions about our existing customer base and the supply and demand dynamics of the markets in which we operate. Please refer to the press release for additional information on forward-looking statements.

2021

Implied

Low

High

Mid

2020

Growth(1)

Net income attributable to common diluted shares

$

1.81

$

1.91

$

1.86

$

1.95

(4.6)

%

Real estate depreciation and amortization

3.61

3.61

3.61

3.36

FFO per common share and OP unit - diluted

$

5.42

$

5.52

$

5.47

$

5.31

3.0

%

Projected operating results:

Total operating revenues

$

642,000

$

652,000

$

647,000

$

606,824

6.6

%

Interconnection revenues

87,000

93,000

90,000

84,073

7.0

General and administrative expenses

47,000

51,000

49,000

44,026

11.3

Property taxes and insurance

27,500

29,500

28,500

23,996

18.8

Net Income

$

88,000

$

93,000

$

90,500

$

94,617

(4.4)

%

Depreciation and amortization

182,500

182,500

182,500

168,915

8.0

Other adjustments(2)

65,500

70,500

68,000

60,985

11.5

Adjusted EBITDA

$

336,000

$

346,000

$

341,000

$

324,517

5.1

%

Guidance drivers:

Annual rental churn rate

6.5

%

8.5

%

7.5

%

11.6

%

Cash rent growth on data center renewals

-

%

2.0

%

1.0

%

0.8

%

Capitalized interest

16.0

%

20.0

%

18.0

%

22.1

%

Sales and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue

3.7

%

3.9

%

3.8

%

3.9

%

Capital expenditures:

Data center expansion

$

165,000

$

195,000

$

180,000

$

202,992

Non-recurring investments

2,000

5,000

3,500

3,963

Tenant improvements

4,500

6,500

5,500

5,919

Recurring capital expenditures - data center

10,000

15,000

12,500

8,336

Recurring capital expenditures - office & light-industrial(3)

3,500

3,500

3,500

-

Total capital expenditures

$

185,000

$

225,000

$

205,000

$

221,210

(1) Implied growth is based on the midpoint of 2021 guidance.
(2) Refer to the appendix for the adjustments made to net income to calculate adjusted EBITDA.
(3) Included in our recurring capital expenditures is an estimated $3.5 million of expenditures related to an office lease expected to commence in Q2 2021.

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Appendix

Definitions

This document includes certain non-GAAP financial measures that management believes are helpful in understanding our business, as further described below. Our definition and calculation of non-GAAP financial measures may differ from those of other Real Estate Investment Trusts ('REITs') and therefore may not be comparable. The non-GAAP measures should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indicator of our performance and should be considered only a supplement to net income, cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities as measures of profitability and/or liquidity, computed in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted Funds From Operations 'AFFO' is a non-GAAP measure that is used as a supplemental
operating measure specifically for comparing year over year ability to fund dividend distribution from operating activities. We use AFFO as a basis to address our ability to fund our dividend payments. AFFO is calculated by adding to or subtracting from FFO:

1. Plus: Amortization of deferred financing costs and hedge amortization
2. Plus: Non-cash compensation
3. Plus: Non-real estate depreciation
4. Plus: Impairment charges
5. Plus: Below market debt amortization
6. Plus: Original issuance costs associated with redeemed preferred stock
7. Plus / Less: Net straight line rent adjustments (lessor revenue and lessee expense)
8. Plus / Less: Net amortization of above and below market leases
9. Less: Recurring capital expenditures
10. Less: Tenant improvements
11. Less: Capitalized leasing costs

Capitalized leasing costs consist of commissions payable to third parties, including brokers, leasing agents, referral agents, and internal sales commissions payable to employees. Capitalized leasing costs are accrued and deducted from AFFO generally in the period the lease is executed. Leasing costs are generally paid a) to third party brokers and internal sales employees 50% at customer lease signing and 50% at lease commencement and b) to referral and leasing agents monthly over the lease term as and to the extent we receive payment from the end customer.

AFFO is not intended to represent cash flow from operations for the period, and is only intended to provide an additional measure of performance by adjusting for the effect of certain items noted above included in FFO. Other REITs widely report AFFO, however, other REITs may use different methodologies for calculating AFFO and, accordingly, our AFFO may not be comparable to other REITs.

Annualized Rent

Monthly contractual rent under existing commenced customer leases as of quarter-end, multiplied by 12. This amount reflects total annualized base rent before any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements and excludes power revenue, interconnection revenue and operating expense reimbursement.

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Data Center Leasing Metrics

Cash Rental Churn Rate - represents data center leases which are not renewed or are terminated during the period. Rental churn is calculated based on the annualized cash rent of data center expired leases terminated in the period, compared with total data center annualized rent at the beginning of the period.
Cash and GAAP Rent Growth- represents the change in rental rates on renewed data center leases signed during the period, as compared with the previous rental rates for the same space. Cash and GAAP rent growth are calculated based on annualized rent from the renewed data center lease compared to annualized rent from the expired data center lease.

Data Center Net Rentable Square Feet ('NRSF')

Both occupied and available data center NRSF includes a factor based on management's estimate of space to account for a customer's proportionate share of the required data center support space (such as the mechanical, telecommunications and utility rooms) and building common areas, which may be updated on a periodic basis to reflect the most current build-out of our properties.

Deferred Expansion Capital

As we construct data center capacity, we work to optimize both the amount of the capital we deploy on power and cooling infrastructure and the timing of that capital deployment; as such, we generally construct our power and cooling infrastructure supporting our data center NRSF based on our estimate of customer utilization. This practice can result in our investment at a later time in Deferred Expansion Capital. We define Deferred Expansion Capital as our estimate of the incremental capital we may invest in the future to add power or cooling infrastructure to support existing or anticipated future customer utilization of NRSF within our operating data centers. From time to time, we may revise our estimate of Deferred Expansion Capital as well as the potential time period during which we may invest it. See the Development Summary for more detail.

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (EBITDAre) and Adjusted EBITDA

EBITDAre is calculated in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ('Nareit'). EBITDAre is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses from the sale of depreciated property, and impairment of depreciated property. We calculate adjusted EBITDA by adding our non-cash compensation expense, transaction costs from unsuccessful deals and business combinations and litigation expense to EBITDAre as well as adjusting for the impact of other impairment charges, gains or losses from sales of undepreciated land and gains or losses on early extinguishment of debt. Management uses EBITDAre and adjusted EBITDA as indicators of our ability to incur and service debt. In addition, we consider EBITDAre and adjusted EBITDA to be appropriate supplemental measures of our performance because they eliminate depreciation and interest, which permits investors to view income from operations without the impact of non-cash depreciation or the cost of debt. However, because EBITDAre and adjusted EBITDA are calculated before recurring cash charges including interest expense and taxes, and are not adjusted for capital expenditures or other recurring cash requirements of our business, their utilization as a cash flow measurement is limited.

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Funds From Operations ('FFO') is a supplemental measure of our performance which should be considered
along with, but not as an alternative to, net income and cash provided by operating activities as a measure of operating performance. We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by Nareit. FFO represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of property and undepreciated land and impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

Our management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, by excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization and gains and losses from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs.

We offer this measure because we recognize that investors use FFO as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures and capitalized leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our financial condition and results from operations. FFO is a non-GAAP measure and should not be considered a measure of liquidity, an alternative to net income, cash provided by operating activities or any other performance measure determined in accordance with GAAP, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends or make distributions. In addition, our calculations of FFO are not necessarily comparable to FFO as calculated by other REITs that do not use the same definition or implementation guidelines or interpret the standards differently from us. Investors in our securities should not rely on these measures as a substitute for any GAAP measure, including net income.

GAAP Annualized Rent

Represents the monthly average contractual rent as stated on customer contracts, multiplied by 12. This amount is inclusive of any one-time or non-recurring rent abatements and excludes power revenue, interconnection revenue and operating expense reimbursement.

Monthly Recurring Revenue per Cabinet Equivalent Billed

Represents the turn-key monthly recurring colocation revenue ('MRR') per cabinet equivalent billed. We define MRR as recurring contractual revenue, including rental, power, and interconnection revenue and operating expense reimbursement, under existing commenced customer leases. MRR per cabinet equivalent is calculated as (current quarter MRR/3) divided by ((quarter-end cabinet equivalents billed plus prior quarter-end cabinet equivalents billed)/2). Cabinet equivalents are calculated as cage-usable square feet (turn-key leased NRSF/NRSF factor) divided by 25.

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Net Operating Income ('NOI') and Cash NOI - NOI, and cash NOI are supplemental measures for the operating performance of the Company's portfolio. NOI is operating revenues less operating expenses adjusted for items such as depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses, transaction costs from unsuccessful deals and business combinations and litigation expenses. Cash NOI is NOI less straight-line rents and above and below market rent amortization.

NRSF Held for Development

Represents incremental data center capacity that may be constructed in existing facilities that requires significant capital investment in order to develop new data center facilities. The estimates are based on current construction plans and expectations regarding entitlements, and they are subject to change based on current economic conditions, final zoning approvals, and the supply and demand of the market. The estimated NRSF for new development projects is based on the entire building size. NRSF placed into service may change depending on the final construction and utilization of the built space.

NRSF Under Construction

Represents NRSF for which substantial activities are ongoing to prepare the property for its intended use following development. The NRSF reflects management's estimate of engineering drawings and required support space and is subject to change based on final demising of space. TKD estimated development costs include two components: 1) general construction to ready the NRSF as data center space and 2) power, cooling and other infrastructure to provide the designed amount of power capacity for the project. Following development completion, incremental capital, referred to as Deferred Expansion Capital, may be invested to support existing or anticipated future customer utilization of NRSF within our operating data centers.

NRSF Pre-Construction

Represents NRSF for which the projects are in the design and permitting stage. Construction will commence upon receipt of the applicable permits. The estimated completion dates are subject to change based on the timing of final design and permitting approvals.

Turn-Key Same-Store

Includes turn-key data center space that was leased or available to be leased to our colocation customers as of December 31, 2019, at each of our properties, and excludes powered shell data center space, office and light-industrial space and space for which development was completed and became available to be leased after December 31, 2019. The turn-key same-store space as of December 31, 2019, is 2,168,173 NRSF. We track same-store on a computer room basis within each data center facility.

Stabilized and Pre-Stabilized NRSF

Data center projects and facilities that recently have been developed and are in the initial lease-up phase are classified as pre-stabilized NRSF until they reach 85% occupancy or have been in service for 24 months. Pre-stabilized projects and facilities become stabilized operating properties at the earlier of achievement of 85% occupancy or 24 months after development completion and are included in the stabilized operating NRSF.

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