Data Centres & Networks

Digital Realty announces its entry into Bulgaria

Cloud and carrier-neutral data centre platform Digital Realty has announced its entry into Bulgaria, establishing a new market presence in Sofia, which it describes as one of Southeast Europe’s most important emerging interconnection hubs.

Digital Realty’s entry into the market is enabled through the acquisition of Telepoint, a leading local data centre and interconnection provider. The transaction includes two data centres in Sofia, including one of the most highly interconnected facilities in Southeast Europe, with more than 110 unique network service providers and multiple cloud on-ramp deployments.

Paula Cogan, Managing Director EMEA, Digital Realty, explains: “Sofia is a thriving hub for connectivity in Southeast Europe. Bringing Bulgaria into our global portfolio allows us to offer customers even more ways to connect, collaborate and scale their businesses. This expansion strengthens and complements our interconnection platform and helps customers reach end users faster, while tapping into a market that’s growing rapidly and attracting innovation.”

Indeed, Sofia is a major aggregation point for regional and international connectivity. The city hosts more than 340 network points of presence and close to 200 unique networks, placing it among the leading Southeast European markets for international internet bandwidth and traffic growth, attracting new network, cloud and content deployments serving the region.

More specifically, Sofia plays a central role in the Eastern Mediterranean connectivity corridor and complements Digital Realty’s presence in Athens, Heraklion, and Zagreb. New subsea cable systems landing in Greece optimise traffic flows into Southeast Europe, with Sofia acting as the primary interconnection hub for onward distribution across the region. Increasing volumes of traffic from the Middle East and Asia are routed terrestrially into Sofia, reinforcing the city’s role as one of Europe’s strategic gateways to the Middle East.

Digital Reality adds that the acquisition strengthens PlatformDIGITAL, Digital Realty’s global data centre platform, bringing a dense, neutral interconnection ecosystem to Southeast Europe and giving customers direct access to one of the region’s most established interconnection communities, with seamless connectivity across Digital Realty’s broader European and Mediterranean footprint.



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