Digital Realty Innovation Lab
The Digital Realty Innovation Lab is a hands-on facility where partners, enterprises, and customers can test and prove AI deployments in a real colocation environment. This AI sandbox offers a controlled environment for experimenting and validating solutions before a full-scale rollout.
From concept to reality: See your deployment in action
The DRIL provides a hands-on testing ground where enterprises refine hybrid cloud and colocation deployments, validate workloads, and leverage ServiceFabric® for seamless cloud connectivity.
Our lab enables enterprises to test their own workloads or partner solutions in a live colocation data center, bridging the gap between planning and deployment.
DRIL enables partners to showcase and validate their technology in a live deployment environment. It's an AI sandbox for collaborative testing and proof-of-concept development.
Enterprises can access the Innovation Lab through their account manager or partner to test solutions, validate workloads, or onboard with ServiceFabric®.
Remote DRIL locations allow enterprises to test latency scenarios in real-world conditions, refining cloud connectivity with ServiceFabric®.
Test, validate, and optimize your solutions
Refine hybrid cloud, AI, and colocation solutions in a dedicated proof-of-concept environment.
The DRIL is a dedicated colocation environment where enterprises can test their own workloads or partner solutions before scaling deployments.
With direct cloud connectivity, the innovation lab helps enterprises refine hybrid strategies and onboard with ServiceFabric® or Cross Connects.
Our lab provides high-density colocation for AI/HPC testing, supporting workloads up to 150+kW per cabinet.
The DRIL is available to customers and select partners, supporting solution validation and customer engagement.
Every DRIL engagement is tracked and measured, providing data-driven insights before full-scale deployment.
Turn ideas into deployable solutions
The Digital Realty Innovation Lab (DRIL) provides a dedicated environment for customers and partners to test, refine, and optimize hybrid cloud, AI, and colocation deployments. The DRIL turns your concepts into scalable realities.
DRIL locations
Explore where customers and partners can test, validate, and refine infrastructure solutions in a live colocation environment.
Northern Virginia
The Northern Virginia Digital Realty Innovation Lab is now open, giving customers and partners a dedicated place to test, validate, and optimize AI, hybrid cloud, and colocation solutions before deployment.
Future DRIL locations
We are expanding DRIL to more global metros, giving customers and partners local access to hands-on testing and validation.
London
A Digital Realty Innovation Lab is planned for London in mid 2026, expanding local access to hands-on testing and validation in one of our key global metros.
Tokyo
A Digital Realty Innovation Lab is coming in Q2 2026 to Tokyo, bringing hands-on testing and validation to another key APAC metro.
São Paulo
A Digital Realty Innovation Lab is expected in São Paulo in late 2026, expanding access to local testing and collaboration in a major Latin American metro.
Singapore
A Digital Realty Innovation Lab is planned for Singapore in late 2026, extending regional access to hands-on validation and deployment planning.
Johannesburg
A Digital Realty Innovation Lab is planned for Johannesburg, expanding access to practical testing and validation in another strategic global metro.
