Appia Communications Signs Master Datacenter Lease Agreement With Digital Realty Trust (DLR)

Digital Realty Trust DLR, a global wholesale datacenter provider, has signed a master datacenter lease agreement with Appia Communications for a combination of IT space and office space in Digital Realty Trust's 210 N. Tucker property in downtown St. Louis. Appia plans to utilize this space to expand the colocation services it offers to customers. The space will also serve as the U.S. headquarters for Appia's datacenter-related business. "We are delighted to be partnering with Digital Realty Trust as we expand our colocation business with industry leading services," said Victor von Schlegell, Appia's President. "We offer colocation, virtual servers, and other enterprise solutions like network, collaboration, and communication- solutions for our customers as they migrate to the cloud. Digital Realty Trust is the leader in providing high quality, fully redundant data center facilities, which is the right place for us to base our infrastructure and operations to offer these services."