Digital Realty Trust Inc. said it was tapped by Hostway as data center partner for the latter's global expansion.

Hostway expanded into Digital Realty's facility in Austin, Texas, bringing the number of its global locations to nine.

The global hosting and managed cloud services provider also joined the Digital Realty Service Exchange to give its clients secure and direct access to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, among other public cloud providers.

Hostway offers hybrid cloud hosting solutions that focus on compliance and security. It serves software-as-a-service, healthcare, financial services, e-commerce and internet-of-things customers.