Digital Realty announced that the company's longest tenured directors, Laurence A. Chapman and Dennis E. Singleton, both of whom have served on the Board of Directors since the Company's IPO, will not stand for re-election at Digital Realty's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  Following Digital Realty's 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the size of the company's Board of Directors will be reduced from eleven to nine directors, including eight independent directors. These changes are consistent with the company's demonstrated commitment to succession planning and periodic Board refreshment to provide diversity, fresh thinking and new perspectives. Mr. Chapman joined Digital Realty's Board of Directors in 2004 and served as Chairman from 2017 until 2022.

During his tenure, he successfully oversaw remarkable growth in Digital Realty's global platform, including significant expansion and the transformative mergers and acquisitions of Interxion, Ascenty and DuPont Fabros. Mr. Singleton joined Digital Realty's Board of Directors in 2004 and served as Chairman from 2012 until 2017. During that time, he oversaw a fundamental transformation of Digital Realty's business, including a global geographic expansion and multiple strategic transactions that have meaningfully enhanced the company's competitive position and bolstered its product offering.