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Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Specialty REIT NYSE: DLR Public digitalrealty.com ↗ Austin, TX SEC CIK 1297996 ↗

Data center operator with 3 GW operating capacity and emission reduction targets; limited evidence on frontier tech or policy advocacy. Model synthesis · opinion

Holding Confidence 59%
Kardashev-equivalent K 0.316

1.5 GW average power · 12.81 TWh/yr energy consumed (2025).

K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10 with P in watts. Humanity today ≈ K 0.73. Computed in code from the reported figure — source: go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/Report_Digita....

Index composition

65% measured · 35% opinion · method
Energy throughput Measured 30% 5.4   90%
Compute capacity Measured 20% 8.7   90%
Growth gradient Measured 15% 2.5   44%
Frontier acceleration Opinion 15% 4.0   51%
Builder velocity Opinion 12% —   no data
Permission to build Opinion 8% —   no data

Index = weighted mean of the scored categories (weights renormalized over what was scored) · coverage 80% · confidence 59% · measured share 81% of the scored weight (opinion 19%). No “overall” is asked of the model. Scores are AI-assisted (disclosures).

Run history

Every published measurement, newest first. N is the run on the leaderboard now; failed attempts are not shown. Unranked runs show no Index; Δ and the Index trend compare ranked runs only.

A trend line appears after the second published run.

RunPublishedIndexΔK-equivMethodView
N current 2026-10-10 5.4 — 0.316 pipeline-v2.9 · weights-v1 · rubrics-v1 viewing

Measured — computed in code from reported figures

Joules · weight 30%

Energy throughput

5.4/ 10

Reported energy consumed: 12,805,833 MWh (2025) = 12.81 TWh/yr → 1.5 GW average → score 5.4, K = 0.316.

P = annual energy (J) / seconds per year → average watts. Score = clamp(2.5 × (log₁₀P − 7), 0, 10). Kardashev-equivalent K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10. · confidence 90%

Watts of thought · weight 20%

Compute capacity

8.7/ 10

Reported operating data-center capacity: 3 GW (2026) = 3,000 MW → score 8.7.

Planned / under construction: 9,000 MW (2026) — shown, not scored.

Score = clamp(2.5 × log₁₀(MW), 0, 10). · confidence 90%

Slope · weight 15%

Growth gradient

2.5/ 10

Compound annual growth: revenue -29%/yr over 3y, energy +10%/yr over 1y → score 2.5. Not available: capex (confidence reduced).

Each available sub-metric's compound annual growth rate (up to 3 years) is mapped piecewise-linearly through the anchors, then combined with weights capex 50%, revenue 25%, energy 25% (renormalized over what is available). · confidence 44%

Opinion — model-judged against written rubrics, from verified quotes only

Opinion · Capability · weight 15%

Frontier acceleration

4.0/ 10

First-of-its-kind grid-flexible AI power management reference design [E375]; incremental infrastructure improvement for data centers.

Opinion Rubric · confidence 51%

Opinion · Shipping · weight 12%

Builder velocity

—insufficient

Insufficient verified evidence for this rubric.

Opinion Rubric

Opinion · Policy · weight 8%

Permission to build

—insufficient

Insufficient verified evidence for this rubric.

Opinion Rubric

Reported figures

MetricValuePeriodSource
Revenue 6,112,692,000 USD FY2025 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 5,554,968,000 USD FY2024 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 5,477,061,000 USD FY2023 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 4,691,834,000 USD FY2022 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Energy consumed 12,805,833 MWh 2025 go2.digitalrealty.com ↗
Energy consumed 11,860,360 MWh 2025 go2.digitalrealty.com ↗
Energy consumed 11,649,837 MWh 2024 go2.digitalrealty.com ↗
Energy consumed 8,486,552 MWh 2024 go2.digitalrealty.com ↗
Data-center capacity (operating) 3 GW 2026 investor.digitalrealty.com ↗
Data-center capacity (planned) 9 GW 2026 investor.digitalrealty.com ↗
Data-center capacity (planned) 1.4 GW 2026 investor.digitalrealty.com ↗
Capital expenditure 2,541,138 USD thousands 2025 investor.digitalrealty.com ↗
Revenue 1,924,040 USD thousands Q2 2026 investor.digitalrealty.com ↗

Sources we fetched and verified

  1. SEC XBRL company facts — DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001297996.json · fetched 2026-10-10 · primary
  2. Q2 2026 Financial Supplement investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/678a7e32-514a-41c... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 347cd558b5ef · primary
  3. 2025 Impact Report | Digital Realty digitalrealty.com/resources/reports/impact-report · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 b04f082571a9 · primary
  4. Q4 2025 / FY2025 Financial Supplement investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/4bac803d-f2a7-400... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 df9437198d19 · primary
  5. Clean energy | Digital Realty digitalrealty.com/about/sustainability/clean-energy · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 db5c7f8b71c6 · primary
  6. Q2 2026 Earnings Exhibit (Development Table) sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000110465926086270/dl... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 5cd9891666de · primary
  7. Digital Realty Publishes 2025 Impact Report, Highlighting Sustainability Progress digitalrealty.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/30251/dig... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 b0f572c3e0ba · primary
  8. Investor Presentation June 2026 investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/81ea40a9-9c03-48b... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 75c08654b790 · primary
  9. 2025 Impact Report go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/Report_Digita... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 3bb3a3b84184 · primary
  10. 2024 Impact Report go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/Report_Digita... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 31685be7da5e · primary
  11. Two Data Center Execs Talk Balancing AI Demand With Sustainability - Business Insider businessinsider.com/digital-realty-ai-infrastructure-data... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 d13f4ec7f31f
  12. Digital Realty Trust Data Center Capex and Sites savrn.com/data-center-capital-atlas/company/digital-realty · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 042af484d537

1 other candidate link was rejected (dead, soft-404, blocked or unreadable) and are not shown.

Run N · 2026-10-10 13:48 PDT · 1m 34s · 8 stages · grok-4.3
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pipeline-v2.9 · prompts-v2.5 · rubrics-v1 · weights-v1 · bundle f7ca9a5c4a2a · code eb7ac43

Last updated 2026-10-10 How the Index is computed