Non-controlling Interest Narrative (Details) - shares	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Restricted Stock | Director Compensation Program
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Unvested awards (in shares)	61,000	61,000
Common Units
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Unvested awards (in shares)	3,800,000	4,000,000
Switch, Ltd.
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Switch, Inc.'s ownership of Common Units (in shares)	55,620,000	55,157,000
Switch, Inc.'s ownership of Common Units	22.90%	22.70%
Noncontrolling interest holders’ ownership of Common Units (in shares)	187,640,000	187,440,000
Noncontrolling interest holders’ ownership of Common Units	77.10%	77.30%
Total Common Units (in shares)	243,260,000	242,597,000