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Property and Equipment - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Property, software and equipment depreciation, amortization expense $ 215,300,000us-gaap_Depreciation $ 162,900,000us-gaap_Depreciation $ 183,200,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Capitalization of stock-based compensation 15,226,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount 12,325,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount 9,276,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount
Impairment of long-lived assets held-for-use 100,100,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse 68,500,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsHeldForUse  
Internal-use software      
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]      
Capitalization of stock-based compensation $ 15,200,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= akam_InternalUseSoftwareMember
$ 12,300,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= akam_InternalUseSoftwareMember
$ 9,300,000us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationAllocationOfRecognizedPeriodCostsCapitalizedAmount
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= akam_InternalUseSoftwareMember