---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-013919"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLR"
cik: "0001297996"
company_name: "DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:38:40.329660+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Realty promotes CFO Andrew Power to President & CFO, appoints Erich Sanchack as COO

## Summary
- Andrew P. Power, CFO since 2015, appointed President and CFO effective Nov 1, 2021.
- Erich J. Sanchack, formerly EVP Operations since 2018, appointed COO reporting to Power.
- No material arrangements or related-party transactions in connection with appointments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-013919
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLR
- cik: 0001297996
- company_name: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837021013919/0001558370-21-013919-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837021013919/dlr-20211101x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erich J. Sanchack was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board appointed Erich J. Sanchack as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, reporting directly to Mr. Power.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837021013919/0001558370-21-013919-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew P. Power was appointed as President and Chief Financial Officer at DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. appointed Andrew P. Power, our Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837021013919/0001558370-21-013919-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.