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Acquisitions - Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Oct. 01, 2020 | Mar. 02, 2020 | Jan. 08, 2020
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Allocation of purchase price consideration |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill | $ 5,387,601 | $ 5,472,553 |  |  |
Packet Host, Inc. |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price consideration |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  | $ 1,068 |
Accounts receivable |  |  |  | 5,098 |
Other current assets |  |  |  | 299 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  | 27,945 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |  |  |  | 1,519 |
Intangible assets |  |  |  | 58,500 |
Goodwill |  |  |  | 230,620 |
Deferred tax and other assets |  |  |  | 138 |
Total assets acquired |  |  |  | 325,187 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  |  | (1,275) |
Other current liabilities |  |  |  | (860) |
Operating lease liabilities |  |  |  | (1,519) |
Finance lease liabilities |  |  |  | (27,945) |
Deferred tax and other liabilities |  |  |  | (3,290) |
Net assets acquired |  |  |  | $ 290,298 |
Axtel |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price consideration |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  | $ 0
Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  | 0
Other current assets |  |  |  |  | 14,048
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |  |  | 76,407
Operating lease right-of-use assets |  |  |  |  | 1,646
Intangible assets |  |  |  |  | 22,750
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | 78,902
Deferred tax and other assets |  |  |  |  | 0
Total assets acquired |  |  |  |  | 193,753
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  |  |  | (238)
Other current liabilities |  |  |  |  | 0
Operating lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | (1,586)
Finance lease liabilities |  |  |  |  | 0
Deferred tax and other liabilities |  |  |  |  | (2,911)
Net assets acquired |  |  |  |  | $ 189,018
Bell Data Centers |  |  |  |  |
Allocation of purchase price consideration |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 0 |  |
Other current assets |  |  | 696 |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 538,717 |  |
Operating lease right-of-use assets |  |  | 14,359 |  |
Intangible assets |  |  | 75,857 |  |
Goodwill |  |  | 172,387 |  |
Deferred tax and other assets |  |  | 722 |  |
Total assets acquired |  |  | 802,738 |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | (895) |  |
Other current liabilities |  |  | 0 |  |
Operating lease liabilities |  |  | (13,340) |  |
Finance lease liabilities |  |  | (80,026) |  |
Deferred tax and other liabilities |  |  | (4,495) |  |
Net assets acquired |  |  | $ 703,982 |  |

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