Digital Realty Trust Forms Joint Venture to Develop Data Centers in Turkiye

05:57 AM EDT, 09/14/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) said Monday it formed a strategic joint venture with Ronesans Infrastructure to develop and operate data centers in Turkiye, expanding its PlatformDIGITAL platform into the market. The company said the venture's first project will be a data center campus in Ankara with more than 22 megawatts of carrier-neutral IT capacity. Land, power and permits have been secured, and construction has begun, with completion expected in 2028, it added. Digital Realty Trust said it also plans to develop another data center in Istanbul, and both facilities are expected to serve domestic and international customers as demand for cloud, AI and digital infrastructure grows in Turkiye.