Data Center REIT – Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DLR – declared achieving its 10th consecutive year of "five nines" of uptime, with 99.999% availability throughout 2016. This reflects the company’s efficiency in developing and delivering data center solutions which can be relied upon by customers.This operational excellence has been achieved despite growth of the company’s portfolio over the years, which expanded from 79 data center suites in 2007 to over 500 data center suites in 2016.Notably, using standard industry method, uptime metrics are based on complete evaluation of data center suites that are owned and operated by Digital Realty globally. However, per the company’s press release, data center suites within the eight European facilities, which were acquired by Digital Realty in Jul 2016, were not included in these results.Moreover, recently the company exceeded 1.45 billion operating minutes across its 145 properties. These properties included around 23 million square feet in 33 metropolitan areas internationally.With growth in cloud computing, Internet of Things and big data, as well as an increasing number of companies opting for third-party IT infrastructure, data center REITs are experiencing a boom market. This is opening up opportunities for REITs like CoreSite Realty Corporation COR, Equinix, Inc. EQIX, Digital Realty and CyrusOne, Inc. CONE.While Digital Realty, Equinix and CyrusOne have a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), CoreSite Realty carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.Shares of Digital Realty outperformed the Zacks categorized REIT and Equity Trust – Other industry over the past six months. During this time frame, shares of the company logged a return of 16.6%, whereas the industry recorded growth of 3.9%.Zacks’ Best Private Investment IdeasIn addition to the recommendations that are available to the public on our website, how would you like to follow all Zacks' private buys and sells in real time?Our experts cover all kinds of trades… from value to momentum . . . from stocks under $10 to ETF and option moves . . . from stocks that corporate insiders are buying up to companies that are about to report positive earnings surprises. You can even look inside exclusive portfolios that are normally closed to new investors. Starting today, for the next month, you can have unrestricted access. Click here for Zacks' private trades >>Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Equinix, Inc. (EQIX): Free Stock Analysis Report Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR): Free Stock Analysis Report CoreSite Realty Corporation (COR): Free Stock Analysis Report CyrusOne Inc (CONE): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. Zacks Investment Research