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Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 17, 2020 USD ($) site	Dec. 15, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Equity method investments							$ 245,049	$ 163,071
Impairment charges							$ 0	7,306	$ 15,790
Asia-Pacific Joint Venture 2
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			20.00%
EMEA 2 Joint Venture
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				20.00%
Equity method investments				$ 30,400
EMEA 2 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| Frankfurt, Helsinki, Madrid, Milan, and Paris Data Center Sites
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration				144,000
Proceeds from sale of data centers				106,400
Accounts receivable acquired in sale of asset				$ 7,200
EMEA 2 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| SP5 Data Center
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration			$ 34,300
EMEA 1 Joint Venture
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage							20.00%
Equity method investments							$ 131,516	101,892
EMEA 1 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| DB5 Data Center
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration					$ 77,900
Gain (loss) on sale							15,800
EMEA 1 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| Paris 9 Data Center
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Consideration		$ 131,500
Proceeds from sale of data centers		124,600
Fair value of contract asset		$ 5,600
Other commitment								17,700
EMEA 1 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| European xScale Data Center \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Contingent consideration							$ 5,300	$ 44,200
Asia-Pacific 1 Joint Venture
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										20.00%
Asia-Pacific 1 Joint Venture \| Disposed of by sale \| Japan xScale Data Centers
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of data centers	$ 209,800
Accounts receivable acquired in sale of asset	$ 15,600
Number of development sites \| site	3
Impairment charges						$ 7,300
PGIM \| Asia-Pacific Joint Venture 2
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			80.00%
GIC Private Limited \| Asia-Pacific 1 Joint Venture
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Ownership percentage										80.00%