Pamela M. Garibaldi
Analyst
Thank you, Mackenzie. Good morning, and good afternoon, everyone. By now, you should have received a copy of the Digital Realty earnings press release. If you have not, you can access one in the Investor section of our website at www.digitalrealty.com or you may call (415) 738-6500 to request a copy. Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that the management of Digital Realty may make forward-looking statements on this call. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminologies, such as believes, expects, may, will, should, pro forma or other similar words or phrases; and by discussions of strategy, plans, intentions, future events or trends or discussions that do not relate solely to historical matters. Such forward-looking statements include statements related to rents to be received in future periods, lease terms, rental rates, leasing and development plans, supply and demand, data center sector growth, acquisitions and investment plans, returns, cap rate, capital markets and finance plans, debt maturities, capacity and covenant compliance, the company's growth, financial resources and success, our connectivity initiatives and deployment plans and the company's financial and other results, including the company's 2013 guidance and underlying assumptions. For a further discussion of the risks and uncertainties related to our business, see the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year-ended December 31, 2012, and subsequent filings with the SEC, including the company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, this call will contain non-GAAP financial information, including funds from operations or FFO; adjusted FFO or AFFO; core FFO; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization or EBITDA; adjusted EBITDA; net operating income or NOI; and cash NOI. Digital Realty is providing this information as a supplement to information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Explanations of such non-GAAP items and reconciliations to net income are contained in the company's supplemental operating and financial data package for the first quarter of 2013 furnished to the SEC and available on the company's website. Again, that's www.digitalrealty.com. Now I'd like to introduce Michael Foust, CEO; and Bill Stein, CFO and Chief Investment Officer. Following management's brief remarks, we will open the call to your questions. [Operator Instructions] I will now turn the call over to Mike.