Digital Realty Innovation Lab
The Digital Realty Innovation Lab is a hands-on facility where partners, enterprises, and customers can test and prove AI deployments in a real colocation environment. DRIL offers a space to validate solutions before full-scale rollout.
From concept to reality: See your deployment in action
The DRIL provides a hands-on testing ground where enterprises refine hybrid cloud and colocation deployments, validate workloads, and leverage ServiceFabric™ for seamless cloud connectivity.

Our lab enables enterprises to test their own workloads or partner solutions in a live colocation data center, bridging the gap between planning and deployment.
The DRIL enables partners to showcase and validate their technology in a live deployment environment.
Enterprises can access the Innovation Lab through their account manager or partner to test solutions, validate workloads, or onboard with ServiceFabric™.
Remote DRIL locations allow enterprises to test latency scenarios in real-world conditions, refining cloud connectivity with ServiceFabric™.
Test, validate, and optimize your solutions
Refine hybrid cloud, AI, and colocation solutions in a dedicated proof-of-concept environment.
The DRIL is a dedicated colocation environment where enterprises can test their own workloads or partner solutions before scaling deployments.
With direct cloud connectivity, the innovation lab helps enterprises refine hybrid strategies and onboard with ServiceFabric™ or Cross Connects.
Our lab provides high-density colocation for AI/HPC testing, supporting workloads up to 150+kW per cabinet.
The DRIL is available to customers and select partners, supporting solution validation and customer engagement.
Every DRIL engagement is tracked and measured, providing data-driven insights before full-scale deployment.
Turn ideas into deployable solutions
The Digital Realty Innovation Lab provides a dedicated environment for customers and partners to test, refine, and optimize hybrid cloud, AI, and colocation deployments. Based in Northern Virginia, the lab turns concepts into realities.