DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2016 Dividends on Shares of Its Common and Preferred Stock

WASHINGTON, March 03, 2016 -- DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large 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 2016. The following have been declared:

• The Company will pay a $0.47 per common share dividend on April 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2016. 
   
• The Company will pay a $0.4921875 per share dividend on the 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock for the period from January 16, 2016 to April 15, 2016. The dividend will be payable on April 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2016; and
   
• The Company will pay a $0.4765625 per share dividend on the 7.625% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock for the period from January 16, 2016 to April 15, 2016. The dividend will be payable on April 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of April 1, 2016.

             
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 12 data centers are located in four major U.S. markets, which total 3 million gross square feet and 266 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.

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Jeffrey H. Foster                                                  
Chief Financial Officer                                       
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