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Executive Officers and Directors

Lammot J. du Pont, the co-founder of our company, has served as Executive Chairman of our board of directors since our inception. Mr. du Pont, along with Mr. Fateh, co-founded DuPont Fabros Development LLC ("DFD") in 1997, where he managed, through a variety of entities, the acquisition, development, leasing and management of all of our current properties. Prior to DFD, Mr. du Pont held the position of Analyst and Trust & Estates Representative at JPMorgan from April 1989 to June 1990, the position of Full Committee Staff Member with the U.S. House of Representatives (Committee on Banking & Financial Services) from March 1993 to April 1995, and the position of Special Assistant, Capital Markets Regulatory Reform Project, with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from April 1995 to April 1996. Mr. du Pont earned his B.A. in Economics from Williams College and his M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

Hossein Fateh, the co-founder of our company, has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director since our inception. Mr. Fateh, along with Mr. du Pont, co-founded DFD in 1997, where he managed, through a variety of entities, the acquisition, development, leasing and management of all of our current properties. Prior to DFD, from 1990 to 1997, Mr. Fateh held the position of Vice President and was responsible for acquisition, development, leasing, financing and sales for a broad-based Washington, D.C. real estate development company. Mr. Fateh earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from George Washington University and his Master of Science in Finance from George Washington University.

Steven G. Osgood has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since July 2007. From April 2006 to January 2007, Mr. Osgood served as Chief Financial Officer of Global Signal, Inc. (NYSE: GSL), a Sarasota, Florida-based REIT that owned, leased or managed approximately 11,000 towers and other wireless sites. Global Signal was acquired by Crown Castle International Corp (NYSE: CCI) in January 2007. Prior to Global Signal, Mr. Osgood served as President and Chief Financial Officer of U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI) from the company's initial public offering in October 2004 through April 2006. Mr. Osgood was primarily responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting, including the negotiation and arrangement of debt financing for the development and acquisition of real estate, overall company financial budgeting, and corporate operations and administration. Mr. Osgood served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Amsdell Companies, the predecessor of U-Store-It, from 1993 until 2004. Prior to joining the Amsdell Companies, he was Vice President and Controller of the commercial property management division of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., a publicly traded real estate company, from 1989 to 1993. Mr. Osgood is a former Certified Public Accountant and was a member of the auditing staff of Touche Ross & Co. from 1978 to 1982. He earned a B.S. in Business from Miami University of Ohio and an M.B.A. from the University of San Diego.

Jeff L. Monroe is our Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development. Since 2003, Mr. Monroe served as DFD's Managing Director, where he was responsible for site development, design, acquisition activities and business development. Prior to DFD, Mr. Monroe held the position of Vice President of Real Estate Design & Construction at AboveNet Communications from March 1998 to March 2003. Mr. Monroe has been involved in data center projects for AOL, the National Archives, the NRO, the IRS and the CIA and, in aggregate has assisted in more than $2.0 billion in development projects. He earned a Journeymans License from the IBEW Program in Applied Electrical Engineering & Construction Management.

Other Key Employees

The following is a biographical summary of the experience of our other key employees:

Robert J. Berlinsky is our Senior Vice President of Construction. Since January 2005, Mr. Berlinsky served as DFD's Director of Construction, responsible for preconstruction budgeting, contractor negotiations, contract administration, project financial reporting, legal coordination, vendor negotiations, regulatory agency coordination, schedule administration, and project closeout. He also led the construction teams on each of DFD's Ashburn Corporate Center data center projects. Presently, Mr. Berlinsky directs construction of the facilities currently in the pipeline, including CH1, ACC5 and NJ1. Prior to joining DFD, Mr. Berlinsky founded and operated Fairways Project Management, LLC, which provided project and construction management services from 2002 to 2005. Prior to Fairways, Mr. Berlinsky held a position with AboveNet and, before that, with Clark Construction for 15 years. While at Clark Construction, he held senior management positions on the following projects: Gannett/USA Today Headquarters, NIH Building 10 Clinical Hospital, MCI Arena, U.S. Court of Appeals San Francisco, The Flamingo Hilton, AARP National Headquarters, Franklin Square, Two Logan Square, Columbia Square, and the Inter American Bank.

W. Tate Cantrell, Jr. is our Vice President of Data Center Technologies. Since June 2003, Mr. Cantrell served as Director of Critical Infrastructure at DFD, where he provided technical direction for the development and takedown of over 100 MW of critical infrastructure, including electrical, mechanical, and communications systems. He is currently responsible for technical oversight during the development and commissioning of new facilities. Prior to DFD, Mr. Cantrell held the positions of Primary Design Engineer and Commissioning Agent at CCG Facilities Integration out of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Cantrell is a licensed professional engineer in Alaska and Maryland. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master's in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University.

Scott A. Davis is our Senior Vice President of Operations. Since 2006, Mr. Davis served as the Director of Operations at DFD, where he managed the data centers that comprised our initial portfolio. Mr. Davis specializes in the engineering design of high-reliability facilities. Prior to joining DFD, Mr. Davis served for eight years at AOL where he held several positions, including Senior Director of Data Center Operations, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations of all of AOL's domestic and international data centers. During his tenure at AOL Mr. Davis managed the design, construction and commissioning of more than 700,000 square feet of new and renovated data center space. From 1989 to 1998 he worked at several engineering consulting firms that specialized in data center design, including Com-Site International, CS Technology and CCG Facilities Integration. In his career, Mr. Davis has worked on more than 70 computer room and data center designs for various Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Mr. Davis earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.

Jeffrey H. Foster is our Chief Accounting Officer and joined DFD in July 16, 2007. Mr. Foster most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Global Signal, Inc. (NYSE:GSL) from April 2005 to May 2007. Prior to joining Global Signal, Mr. Foster served from June 2003 to April 2005 as Senior Vice President—Finance and Corporate Controller at Danka Office Imaging (NASDAQ:DANKY). From April 2000 to June 2003 Mr. Foster served as Vice President of Finance at Progress Telecom Corporation, a subsidiary of Progress Energy Corporation (NYSE:PGN), where he also served as Director, Energy Supply Finance from October 1997 to April 2000. Mr. Foster held various positions at GTE Corporation from 1990 to 1997 which included responsibility for SEC reporting for GTE's eight registrants. Also, he was a member of Arthur Andersen's auditing staff from 1984 to 1990. Mr. Foster earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Florida and a Masters of Accountancy from the University of South Florida. He passed the CPA exam in November 1985.

Maria Kenny is our Senior Vice President of Finance & Acquisitions since inception. Since 2000, Ms. Kenny served as DFD's Chief Financial Officer, where she was responsible for all aspects of finance, accounting and administration.  In addition, Ms. Kenny was instrumental in closing in excess of $2.0 billion for the development and acquisition of real estate including data centers, commercial, residential, land and retail assets. Most recently, she successfully led and closed the acquisition of our Santa Clara property. Prior to DFD, Ms. Kenny worked for six years in public accounting. Ms. Kenny served as Audit Manager at Reznick Group, a national accounting firm specializing in the real estate and construction industries, from January 1998 to December 2000. Ms. Kenny is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). She earned a B.A. in Economics from The University of North Carolina in 1988.

M. Lee Kestler, Jr. is our Senior Vice President of Sales & Leasing. Since April 2007, Mr. Kestler served as DFD's Director of Leasing, where he managed marketing activities for our data center properties. Prior to DFD, from 1999 to 2005 and 2006 to 2007, Mr. Kestler held positions with Exodus Communications, Cable & Wireless America and Savvis, including the position of Senior Strategic Account Manager at Savvis, primarily responsible for selling professional services to commercial and government clients and leading the business development effort for ARCA CCTL, a unit of Savvis Federal Systems that specialized in the certification of security features for products being sold to the U.S. government. Prior to that, Mr. Kestler was Strategic Account Manager at Cable & Wireless America, where he was responsible for sales to a portion of the top 50 strategic accounts. Mr. Kestler also held the positions of Major Account Manager and Senior Director of Professional Services at Exodus Communications. From 2005 to 2006 Mr. Kestler held a senior sales position with Current Analysis.

Rick Montfort serves as our General Counsel since April 2008. Mr. Montfort brings a 16-year legal career to the Company, where his practice has focused primarily on corporate and securities law, and financing-related transactions. He most recently was Vice President, Legal -- Securities and Finance and Assistant Secretary of Sprint Nextel Corporation in Reston, Virginia, where his responsibilities included securities law, financings and executive compensation and employee benefits matters. From 1998 until 2003 Mr. Montfort was Senior Counsel, Securities and Assistant Secretary of national communications services provider XO Communications, Inc. in Northern Virginia, where his responsibilities included securities and corporate law, financings, and mergers and acquisitions. He began his legal career at Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP in Seattle, Washington, where his practice focused on securities and corporate law, and mergers and acquisitions for technology and telecommunications companies. Prior to attending law school, he was a Manager in the Audit Department at Deloitte Haskins & Sells in San Francisco. Mr. Montfort received his Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of California Hastings College of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Willamette University. He also is a certified public accountant (non-practicing).