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Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Rent Expense (2018 - 2025)

Digital Realty Trust (DLR) has 8 years of Rent Expense data on record, last reported at $694.1 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Rent Expense rose 13.67% year-over-year to $694.1 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.5 billion, up 8.14%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.5 billion, 8.14% up from the prior year.
  • Rent Expense reached $694.1 million in Q4 2025 per DLR's latest filing, up from $653.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Rent Expense topped out at $694.1 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $361.8 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Rent Expense over 5 years is $530.2 million, with a median of $552.4 million recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Rent Expense: surged 42.28% in 2023, then fell 7.8% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Rent Expense shows it stood at $419.2 million in 2021, then grew by 17.13% to $491.0 million in 2022, then increased by 22.85% to $603.2 million in 2023, then grew by 1.23% to $610.6 million in 2024, then increased by 13.67% to $694.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Rent Expense were $694.1 million in Q4 2025, $653.9 million in Q3 2025, and $607.0 million in Q2 2025.