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ACQUISITIONS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
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Impact of current year acquisitions—The Company typically acquires communications sites and other communications infrastructure assets from wireless carriers or other tower operators and subsequently integrates those sites and related assets into its existing portfolio of communications sites and related assets. In the United States, acquisitions may also include data center facilities and related assets. The financial results of the Company’s acquisitions have been included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 from the date of the respective acquisition. The date of acquisition, and by extension the point at which the Company begins to recognize the results of an acquisition, may depend on, among other things, the receipt of contractual consents, the commencement and extent of leasing arrangements and the timing of the transfer of title or rights to the assets, which may be accomplished in phases. Communications sites acquired from communications service providers may never have been operated as a business and may instead have been utilized solely by the seller as a component of its network infrastructure. An acquisition may or may not involve the transfer of business operations or employees.
The Company evaluates each of its acquisitions under the accounting guidance framework to determine whether to treat an acquisition as an asset acquisition or a business combination. For those transactions treated as asset acquisitions, the purchase price is allocated to the assets acquired, with no recognition of goodwill.
For those acquisitions accounted for as business combinations, the Company recognizes acquisition and merger related expenses in the period in which they are incurred and services are received; for transactions accounted for as asset acquisitions, these costs are capitalized as part of the purchase price. Acquisition, disposition and merger related costs may include finder’s fees, advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees and general administrative costs directly related to completing the transaction. Integration costs include incremental and non-recurring costs necessary to convert data and systems, retain employees and otherwise enable the Company to operate acquired businesses or assets efficiently. The Company records acquisition, disposition and merger related expenses not subject to capitalization, as well as integration costs for all transactions, in Other operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded acquisition, disposition and merger related expenses for business combinations, dispositions and non-capitalized asset acquisition costs and integration costs as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2025202420252024
Acquisition, disposition and merger related expenses$0.0 $2.1 $0.4 $4.0 
Integration costs$2.5 $1.8 $3.9 $6.3 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company also recorded benefits of $15.7 million and $21.2 million, respectively, related to pre-acquisition contingencies and settlements.
2025 Transactions
The estimated aggregate impact of the acquisitions completed in 2025 on the Company’s revenues and gross margin for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was not material to the Company’s operating results. Acquisitions completed during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 were included in the Company’s U.S. & Canada, Europe and Data Centers property segments.
Other Acquisitions—During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company acquired a total of 259 communications sites, as well as other communications infrastructure assets, data center facilities and related assets, in the United States, France and Spain for an aggregate purchase price of $364.6 million. Of the aggregate purchase price, $12.8 million is reflected as payable in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025, which includes accrued contingent consideration and the CoreSite DE1 Note. These acquisitions were accounted for as asset acquisitions.
The following table summarizes the allocations of the purchase prices for the fiscal year 2025 acquisitions based upon their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition:
Other
Current assets$6.3 
Property and equipment237.0 
Intangible assets (1):
     Tenant-related intangible assets61.1 
     Network location intangible assets48.1 
     Other intangible assets6.4 
Other non-current assets31.8 
Current liabilities(1.3)
Other non-current liabilities(24.8)
Net assets acquired364.6 
Purchase price$364.6 
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(1)Tenant-related intangible assets and network location intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets.
In addition to the acquisitions discussed above, during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company purchased 100 towers in connection with the AT&T transaction described in note 13 for an aggregate purchase price of $78.8 million.