Digital Realty is buying Blackstone’s majority interest in three Northern Virginia data centres in a deal valuing the assets at $7.8bn, paying $3.5bn in cash and stock.

Takes ownership of 288MW of capacity, fully leased to three clients

June 29 : Digital Realty will acquire a larger stake in three data centers in Northern Virginia from asset manager Blackstone in a $3.5 billion cash-and-stock deal, the companies…