DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
2730 Sand Hill Road, Suite 280
Menlo Park, California 94025
February 2, 2005
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION AND FACSIMILE
(202) 942-9635
Elaine Wolff, Special Counsel
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
| Re: | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. |
Registration Statement on Form S-11 Filed on January 18, 2005 (File No. 333-122099)
Dear Ms. Wolff:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of Regulation C promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated to, and that such Registration Statement be declared effective on, Thursday, February 3, 2005 at4:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, unless we or our outside counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared effective at some other time.
The Company also requests that the Registration Statement on Form 8-A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, covering the series A preferred stock of the Company be declared effective concurrently with the above-captioned Registration Statement.
Signature page follows
| Very truly yours, | ||
| DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ A. William Stein | |
| Name: | A. William Stein | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer | |
| cc: | Michael McTiernan, Esq. United States Securities and Exchange Commission |
Julian Kleindorfer, Latham & Watkins LLP
