POWER OF ATTORNEY

(For Executing Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5 and
Schedules 13D and 13G)

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Darren DeStefano, Brad Goldberg
Shari Ness, Jayne Munger, Albert Gelin and Jill Simon of Cooley LLP,
and each of Alan Shapiro, Seth Zelnick, Zahrah Devji, Darwin Ng and
Adrianne Cherpak of DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"),
signing individually, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in fact and agents to:

(1)	Prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Form ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including amendments thereto and joint filing agreements in
connection therewith) in accordance with Section 13 or Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder in the undersigned's
capacity as a beneficial owner of a registered class of
securities of the Company;

(2)	Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to prepare and
execute any such Form ID and Forms 3, 4 or 5, Schedules 13D
and 13G (including amendments thereto and joint filing
agreements in connection therewith) and Forms 144, and file
such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange, self-
regulatory association or any similar authority; and

(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-
fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the
attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-
in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-infact, and their
substitutes, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company assuming)
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Sections 13 and 16 of the Exchange Act and Rule 144
thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no
longer required to file Form ID or Forms 3, 4 and 5 or
Schedules 13D or 13G with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the Company and the foregoing attorneys-in fact
or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such
attorney-in-fact is no longer employed by Cooley LLP or by the
Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of the date written below.


Date:  4/11/23


By: /s/ Christopher Merritt
Name:  Christopher Merritt