Enterprise power play: Inside the transformative Digital Realty + WWT partnership for AI deployment
via Digital Realty
In this Q&A, technology leaders from Digital Realty and World Wide Technology (WWT) discuss their partnership to address the unprecedented infrastructure demands of artificial intelligence (AI) computing. With collective visibility into 10,000+ customers globally, Digital Realty and WWT reveal how their combined platform tackles data gravity challenges while future-proofing enterprise digital transformation initiatives.
Jared Stanley
Senior Solutions Architect, Digital Realty
Chris Campbell
Senior Director of AI Solutions, AIaaS, GPUaaS, Facilities, and Infrastructure for WWT
How is Digital Realty prepared to deliver the mixed densities required for AI, hybrid cloud, and interconnection?
Jared Stanley: We've spent more than two decades building modular, mixed-density data centers, which allows us to quickly retrofit facilities for whatever power density our customers require. Digital Realty has 170 HPC/AI-ready locations where our customers currently push 50 kW per rack, with air or liquid cooling up to 150 kW. Simply put, we can meet today's infrastructure demands while future-proofing for tomorrow.
And how is WWT prepared to do the same?
Chris Campbell: WWT has been providing technology solutions to our clients for over 30 years, and we're well versed in what's necessary for a modern AI deployment. We offer flexible infrastructure options — including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid models — all with advanced networking and connectivity, a high-performance computing architecture, and edge-to-core cloud integration. WWT also collaborates with industry leaders — like NVIDIA, Cisco, Dell, and HPE — to deliver AI infrastructure solutions that are easy to deploy and manage.
Collectively, how does the partnership between WWT and Digital Realty benefit customers and their overall digital transformation initiatives?
Jared Stanley: Time, visibility, and execution. Collectively, we have more than 10,000 customers in various stages and deployments of their digital transformation journeys. Time and time again, I see enterprises meeting with vendors looking to resolve a single problem within their technology stack and not considering the larger goal they want to accomplish. Together, WWT and Digital Realty provide clients with one "unified" open platform that addresses data gravity, enables AI, and provides a future-proofed infrastructure to support whatever comes next. Ultimately, we provide the space, power, cooling, and connectivity but rely on partners like WWT to deliver the rest: AI-ready hardware, a world-class supply chain, and consulting and integration.
Chris Campbell: We have a holistic approach that aligns desired business outcomes and technology solutions to strategic initiatives so organizations can craft experiences that exceed customer expectations.