Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), operating in Croatia as Interxion Croatia LLC, the largest global provider of data center solutions, colocation, and interconnection services independent of cloud and carrier, today announced the expansion of its existing data center in Zagreb, ZAG1.

Driven by growing customer demands, Digital Realty's Zagreb data center, ZAG1, is expanding by an additional 1,600 m² of ICT and technical space. The facility is one of the most connected data centers in the Adriatic region, offering users the possibility of connecting with over 50 connectivity service providers along with private and direct ("on-ramp") connections to leading service providers. The new capacity in ZAG1 is expected to be available to customers by the end of 2024.

The growing demand for data center capacity in Zagreb is driven by increasing digitalization, the growth of the Croatian economy, and the Croatian government's Digital Croatia 2030 strategy. Digital Realty is investing to meet this demand by constructing a second data center in Zagreb, ZAG2, which will be located close to ZAG1 and interconnected with it, as previously announced. This will allow users in both facilities to interconnect with the dense connectivity available at ZAG1, including international networks, regional networks, mobile operators, internet data exchange centers, and network presence points of major cloud service providers.

The expansion of ZAG1 is just one segment in Digital Realty's strategy to strengthen its presence in the Southeast Europe region. Digital Realty is also expanding its presence in Greece, constructing new data centers in Rome, Barcelona, Crete, and Tel Aviv, and upgrading the company's existing presence in Athens and Marseille.

Goran Đoreski, Director of Digital Realty in Croatia, says: “This expansion solidifies Zagreb's status as a key strategic gateway into Southeast Europe, an area analysts expect to grow significantly in the coming years as major service providers, OTT media platforms, and content delivery networks seek to become more distributed in the region. Our customers will benefit from improved latency for the end-users of their services located in Croatia and the wider region, which has an estimated population of over 60 million. The capacity increase of the ZAG1 data center, which already has significant interest from existing customers, is just another step in the global expansion of our PlatformDIGITAL® platform.”