Digital Realty has announced the launch of ServiceFabric® Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol designed to make global data center infrastructure programmable for Private AI environments. The new capability extends the company’s interconnection platform into AI-native infrastructure control, enabling enterprises to deploy and manage AI workloads with greater flexibility, security, and automation.
The launch reflects Digital Realty’s broader strategy to position physical infrastructure—such as power density, cooling systems, and sovereign data center placement—as a programmable foundation for enterprise AI at scale.
ServiceFabric MCP is built to support the growing demand for Private AI environments, where enterprises require more control over data movement, workload orchestration, and infrastructure policy enforcement. By introducing programmable controls into its global interconnection platform, Digital Realty is enabling enterprises to treat infrastructure as an API-driven system rather than a static resource layer.
At the core of this system is AI Private Exchange (AIPx), Digital Realty’s patented architecture for orchestrating AI workloads across distributed infrastructure. The MCP layer builds on this foundation by enabling standardized communication between AI systems and infrastructure components.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging open standard designed to allow AI agents and systems to securely interact with infrastructure, applications, and enterprise services through standardized interfaces. Digital Realty’s implementation extends this capability across its global platform, which spans more than 800 data centers and third-party facilities.
This integration enables enterprises to connect AI workloads, data, and infrastructure across hybrid environments while maintaining consistent security and policy controls.
ServiceFabric MCP introduces four primary functional areas designed for enterprise AI operations:
Design and provisioning enables intent-based connectivity and API-driven infrastructure setup. Discovery and telemetry provides real-time visibility into network capacity, topology, and performance metrics. Identity and security integrates OAuth 2-based access controls for secure infrastructure operations. Operations integration connects AI workflows with tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Splunk, and Datadog for diagnostics and troubleshooting.
Together, these capabilities create a programmable control surface for managing Private AI infrastructure at scale.
Digital Realty’s broader “Foundation for AI” strategy focuses on enabling enterprise AI workloads across global infrastructure environments. The ServiceFabric MCP layer is positioned as the first programmable interface in this architecture, with future expansion expected across additional infrastructure domains such as power, space, inventory, and partner ecosystems.
The company is also working with ecosystem partners including Lenovo, Dell, ePlus, NVIDIA, and AMD to support enterprise AI deployments across its global footprint.
The introduction of ServiceFabric MCP aligns with growing enterprise demand for Private AI infrastructure that operates outside traditional public cloud constraints. Organizations are increasingly seeking infrastructure that supports secure, high-performance AI workloads while maintaining control over data sovereignty and compliance requirements.
By integrating programmable controls into its global data center platform, Digital Realty is positioning itself as a key infrastructure provider for the next phase of enterprise AI adoption.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation, from cloud and digital transformation to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 55+ metros across 30+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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