DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. Announces First Quar

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. (NYSE: DFT ), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large-scale, multi-tenant wholesale data centers, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared cash dividends on shares of both its common and preferred stock for the first quarter of 2017. The following dividends have been declared:

• The Company will pay a $0.50 per common share dividend on April 17, 2017, to shareholders of record as of April 3, 2017;
• The Company will pay a $0.4140625 per share dividend on the 6.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock on May 15, 2017, to shareholders of record as of May 1, 2017.

About DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.

DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. (NYSE: DFT ) is a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large multi-tenant wholesale data centers. The Company’s facilities are designed to offer highly specialized, efficient and safe computing environments in a low-cost operating model. The Company’s customers outsource their mission-critical applications and include national and international enterprises across numerous industries, such as technology, Internet content providers, media, communications, cloud-based, healthcare and financial services. The Company’s 11 data centers are located in three major U.S. markets and total 3.3 million gross square feet and 287 megawatts of available critical load to power the servers and computing equipment of its customers. DuPont Fabros Technology is a real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.dft.com .

For Additional Information: Jeffrey H. Foster Chief Financial Officer +1 (202) 478-2333 Steve Rubis Vice President, Investor Relations +1 (202) 478-2330