POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Joshua A. Mills, Salini Nandipati, and Chris Visgilio, or each of them
singly, to be the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned’s name and on the
undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents
necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned
to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s
capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and,
in Digital Realty Trust, Inc.’s capacity as general partner of Digital Realty Trust,
L.P., Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (together, the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and
amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5 and any amendments thereto and timely file such forms with the SEC and any
stock exchange or similar authority, including, but not limited to, taking any actions
necessary or desirable in connection with effectuating electronic filings; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney
may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the authority granted herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of August, 2017
/s/ Christopher Sharp
Christopher Sharp