Web hosting provider Steadfast Networks will build a new data center at the Lakeside Technology Center owned by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (an owner and manager of data centers) in Chicago, USA. The new data center is expected to become operational in January 2006.

"Steadfast Networks chose our facility because it meets all of its technical and financial needs,” said Michael F. Foust, Chief Executive Officer of Digital Realty Trust. “Steadfast's key objectives for this project are to continue ensuring great service to clients while supporting expansion of its business -- and this new data center will accomplish both of those goals. Lakeside Technology Center is one of the premier data center and telecommunications facilities in the world, and it is the clear choice for companies in the Midwestern U.S. that require technology real estate to support their business."

Digital Realty Trust’s Lakeside Technology Center is over 1 million square feet in size and offers facilities’ including power and cooling capabilities to support critical enterprise applications. Digital Realty Trust owns 44 properties catering technology industry and data center tenants.