DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Names Steven Rubis Vice President, Investor Relations

WASHINGTON, May 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. DFT today announced that Steven Rubis has joined the company as vice president, investor relations. In this role Rubis will oversee all of DFT's investor relations functions and will serve as a point of contact for investors and analysts.

"We are very excited to add Steve to the DFT team," said Jeffrey H. Foster, DFT's chief financial officer. "Steve has an extensive knowledge of technology business models, relevant experience as a sell side analyst, and is a great fit for DFT. I am confident he will be a significant contributor by explaining our story and attractiveness as an investment to the financial community."

Before joining DFT, Rubis was vice president, digital healthcare at Stifel where he was responsible for the research and modeling of this coverage area. In this role, he led multiple research efforts, wrote numerous reports and guided the conversation on digital healthcare. Prior to this role, he served as the lead associate for Stifel's Internet services/China/digital healthcare team. He started his career in equity research as an associate for Stifel's Internet services team with a focus on e-commerce. Prior to joining Stifel, Rubis served as senior budget analyst, enterprise operations at Lockheed Martin.

Rubis earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in history from The Catholic University of America.

About DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. 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 12 data centers are located in four major U.S. markets, which total 3.1 million gross square feet and 273 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