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Digital Realty Appoints Paula Cogan as Managing Director, Head of EMEA Region
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, has appointed Paula Cogan as Managing Director, Head of EMEA, effective March 17, 2025. Paula will lead Digital Realty's EMEA team, driving continued growth of the region's data center platform and delivering the value of PlatformDIGITAL™, the world's largest meeting place for companies, technologies, and data, throughout EMEA.
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