DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. Announces Successful Completion of 2016 SSAE 16 Audits

WASHINGTON, Jan. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. DFT, a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large scale multi-tenant wholesale data centers, today announced that seven of its data centers within three markets that require SSAE 16 attestation have been found to be suitable in design and operating effectively, each receiving an unqualified Service Organization Controls 1 ("SOC 1") report. The seven data centers are located in Virginia, California and Illinois. These reports were prepared under Statement of Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 16 ("SSAE 16") by one of the top four independent auditing firms.

"Completing the SSAE 16 requirements annually represents DFT's ongoing commitment to serving our customers," said Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Scott Davis. "We take great pride in knowing that our customers may rely on the control environments we put in place within our data centers."

SSAE 16 is an attestation standard put forth by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for reporting on controls at organizations that provide services to user entities, which provides an acceptable method for those user entities to obtain assertions about a service organization's internal controls without conducting their own, separate assessments.

About DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.

DuPont Fabros Technology Inc. DFT is a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large scale 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