Bill Stein

On Thursday after the close of trading, global data center REIT Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) hosted a conference call to discuss Q2 earnings and update guidance in the light of the previously announced Telx Group acquisition. Over 90 percent of Digital Realty's current revenue comes from...

REITWeek 2015 kicked off with an enlightening panel discussion moderated by NAREIT's 2015 Chairman, Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) CEO David Neithercut. The panel was made up of five CEO's representing companies involved in "non-traditional" REIT asset classes. Panel...

On May 19, Bill Stein CEO of global data center REIT Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) participated in the J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference. Digital Realty was a pioneer in the data center REIT space, and Stein has witnessed the evolution of both the sector and...

In a Barron's article Thursday, Cowen & Co.'s Colby Synesael put forth a compelling rationale for why Equinix Inc (NASDAQ: EQIX) is looking to acquire Netherlands-based TELECITY GROUP PLC (OTC: TLEIY) in what amounts to a global data center courtship chess game. Telecity Group is a European...

On Thursday, global data center REIT Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) and leading cloud-services provider Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) jointly announced the opening of a 130,000 square foot Crawley, West Sussex UK data center. While the facility function is to provide managed cloud...

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) CEO Bill Stein on Monday answered questions, discussed industry trends and shared how he intends to guide DLR to where the puck is headed. Digital Realty is a $9 billion market-cap data center REIT that operates a 24.6 million square foot portfolio of 131...

During 2014 data center REIT CyrusOne Inc (NASDAQ: CONE) added 15 more logos to its impressive customer list of 144 Fortune 1000 companies choosing to store crucial information in one of its 25 data centers. Perhaps even more impressive for investors was the announcement of a 50 percent...

Data center REIT pioneer Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) on January 7 presented at the Citi 2015 Internet, Media & Telecommunications Conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Digital Realty is one of the largest 20 REITs with a market cap of $9.7 billion. The company has a track record...

While the entire equity REIT sector performed well during 2014, one of the best performing subsectors was data center REITs, including Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR). Data center REITs are essentially technology landlords that are well positioned to benefit from secular trends such as...

What a difference a year makes. The search to find "the next leader to help guide Digital Realty to the next level and scale of operational sophistication" is over -- and the incumbent has earned the job. Mr. Market had already cast its "vote" in favor of interim CEO Bill...