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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-016866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLR"
cik: "0001297996"
company_name: "DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T08:06:18.827297+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Realty reports Q3 bookings $152M, record backlog $482M; raises Same-Capital Cash NOI growth guidance to 6-7%

## Summary
- Total Q3 bookings of $152.1M, with record 0-1 MW + Interconnection signings of $54M.
- Backlog reached a record $482M; $76M expected to commence in remainder of 2023.
- Renewal spreads: cash renewal spreads highest since 2015 at 4.4% overall; >1 MW cash spread 10.3%.
- Raised 2023 Same-Capital Cash NOI growth guidance to 6-7% (from 4-5%) and narrowed Core FFO/sh to $6.58-6.62.
- Capital recycling: $2.5B completed; updated dispositions/JV guidance to $2.7-3.2B; year-end occupancy lowered to 83-84%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-016866
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLR
- cik: 0001297996
- company_name: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837023016866/0001558370-23-016866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837023016866/dlr-20231026x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On October 26, 2023, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000155837023016866/0001558370-23-016866-index.htm

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