Ascendas Reit, Singapore’s largest listed business space and industrial real estate investment trust, has proposed to acquire a portfolio of data centres in Europe for S$904.6 million ($672 million), marking its debut investment in the European data centre space.
In a statement, Ascendas Reit said it will acquire the portfolio of 11 data centres from subsidiaries of Digital Realty Trust Inc, a New York-listed REIT that invests in carrier-neutral data centres.
