Case Study: DigitalOcean achieves rapid global on-demand cloud scalability with Digital Realty

The Leading Cloud Platform Exclusively for Developers Partners to Broaden its Customer and Geographic Base

DigitalOcean is a cloud platform built for developers that enables rapid SSD server deployment and scaling. As demand surged—hundreds of new instances and customers daily—the company faced a choice between adding capacity in-house (and rising CAPEX) or finding a data center partner with broad geographic reach, low-latency carrier options and fast, reliable support to avoid slowing its growth.

DigitalOcean partnered with Digital Realty for its many strategic locations, carrier-hotel presence, Meet‑Me‑Rooms, remote‑hands services and a key NYC point of presence, giving flexible network choices and resilient, disaster‑resistant sites. The relationship sped hardware installs, kept costs and capital in check, let DigitalOcean focus on product and value-added services, and supported continued rapid customer growth while maintaining uptime and deployment speed.

DigitalOcean

Mitch Wainer

Co-Founder and CMO