Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sharp Christopher

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 8/11/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. [DLR]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Technology Officer /

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Long-Term Incentive Units ⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock	38604.0	⁽¹⁾	D
Long-Term Incentive Units ⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾	⁽³⁾	Common Stock	764.0	⁽¹⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Long-Term Incentive Units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. ("Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. Profits interest units may initially not have full parity with common limited partnership units of Operating Partnership ("Common Units") with respect to liquidating distributions; however upon the occurrence of specified events, profits interest units may achieve full parity with Common Units for all purposes. Vested profits interest units that have achieved full parity with Common Units may be converted into an equal number of Common Units on a 1-for-1 basis at any time. Common Units are redeemable for cash based on the FMV of an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Issuer, or, at the election of the Issuer, for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's common stock, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions or similar events.
(2)	These units were granted on August 10, 2015. Thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) of these units vested on August 10, 2016, an additional thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) of these units vested on August 10, 2017, and the remaining thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) will vest on August 10, 2018. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date.
(3)	These units were granted on February 28, 2017. Twenty-five percent (25%) of these units will vest on February 27, 2018, an additional twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2019, an additional twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2020, and the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2021. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date.

Remarks:
This initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities ("Form 3") of the Issuer is filed to report information that is also being reported concurrently on a Form 3 for Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership") of which the Issuer is the general partner. The information reported on this Form 3 for the Issuer is the same information reported in the Form 3 for the Operating Partnership.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sharp Christopher FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER SUITE 3200 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111			Chief Technology Officer

Signatures
/s/ Salini Nandipati as attorney-in-fact		8/18/2017
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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