M&A Deal Summary

Digital Realty Trust Acquires InterXion

On October 29, 2019, Digital Realty Trust acquired information technology company InterXion for 8.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Digital Realty Trust’s 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Digital Realty Trust’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Digital Realty Trust’s 1st transaction in the Netherlands.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-10-29
Target InterXion
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Digital Realty Trust
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 8.4B USD
Advisor(s) Guggenheim Securities
Moelis & Co. (Financial)
Debevoise & Plimpton
GreenbergTraurig (Legal)

Target

InterXion

Hoofddorp, Netherlands
website
InterXion Holding N.V. is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data center services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers through 52 data centers in 11 European countries. Interxion’s uniformly designed, energy-efficient data centers offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Digital Realty Trust

Austin, Texas, United States

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Category Company
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,030
Revenue 4.4B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Digital Realty Trust is a provider of data center and colocation solutions. Digital Realty Trust is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 3
Country (Netherlands) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-24 Ascenty

Campinas, Brazil

Ascenty is the largest data center provider in Brazil, with seven data centers currently operating and an additional data center under construction. The company was founded in 2010 and has focused on building world-class data centers while serving some of the largest global technology companies. All the company’s data centers are interconnected using a proprietary 4,000 km fiber-optic network.

Buy $1.8B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-03 Teraco

Johannesburg, South Africa

Teraco is a provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centers and with over 18 000 cross-connects. As the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa, Teraco brings global content closer to the digital edge. Teraco was founded in 2008 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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