Interxion
2020
$8.4B
Why
To aggressively consolidate the European data center market and execute a radical strategic pivot into the highly regulated European data sovereignty market, capturing the growing demand for physical data localization.
Impact
The acquisition instantly established Digital Realty as the dominant player in the European market, providing a massive pipeline of premium power capacity that attracts global enterprise customers and hyperscalers.
Outcome
The integration of Interxion has significantly diversified the company's revenue base, providing the highly predictable, high-margin revenue required to offset the normalization of legacy enterprise IT spending and fund the company's ongoing global development.