/EIN News/ -- WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT), a leading owner, developer, operator and manager of enterprise-class, carrier-neutral, large multi-tenant wholesale data centers announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared cash dividends on shares of both its common and preferred stock for the third quarter of 2016.  The following have been declared:

• The Company will pay a $0.47 per common share dividend on October 17, 2016 to shareholders of record as of October 7, 2016;
   
• The Company will pay a $0.4140625 per share dividend on the 6.625% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock for the period from August 16, 2016 to November 15, 2016.  The dividend will be payable on November 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of November 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-tenanted 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, which total 3.2 million gross square feet and 278 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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