Digital Realty owns, acquires, redevelops, develops and managestechnology-related real estate. It specializes in providingTurn-Key Datacenter and Powered Base Building datacenter solutionsfor domestic and international tenants in a wide range ofindustries, from information technology and Internet enterprises tomanufacturing and financial services.

UnitedLayer says demand is up for services like collocation.Also known as co-location, collocation and colo, collocation refersto the process of locating IT and networking equipment at anoutsourced facility which has abundant and reliable data centerpower, mechanical systems and network access. Company CEO ArmanKhalili says the goal is to "stay ahead of the curve" by outpacingcustomer demand.

But at the rate the digital universe is expanding, industryexperts say that's creating both challenges and opportunities. Justlast month, four former members of Staubach's National Contact& Data Center Practice took steps to help meet the challenge.The four--Pete Marin, Frank Lyles, Jason Chartrand and JimmyBailey--opened an Atlanta firm called T5 Partners LLC that willfocus on developing data centers.