LONDON-Sentrum has halved its data center portfolio here,selling three facilities here totaling 761,000 square feet for $1.1billion to San Francisco-based Digital Realty Trust Inc. Theproperties are in Woking, Watford and Croydon.

Sentrum had owned six facilities throughout London, including inHayes, Camberley and Rugby. A company spokeswoman did not return arequest for comment on the sale of the portfolio, which is 80%leased.

The deal provides Digital with eight data center facilitiesacross the greater London metropolitan area, representing more than50% of the company’s European portfolio, said CEO Michael Foust ina statement. “The addition of these high-quality, mission-criticalfacilities to our London portfolio strengthens our position as aleading data center solutions provider in this highly strategic,global market” Foust said. “In addition, the properties includeadditional inventory for future development that will enable us tomeet local and international UK customers’ long termrequirements.”