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Segment Information - Revenue Information by Category (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 6,635,537	$ 5,998,545	$ 5,562,140
Recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	6,220,485	5,658,030	5,238,186
Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	4,642,214	4,259,001	4,022,207
Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,161,502	1,023,258	893,589
Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	380,857	337,345	292,628
Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	35,912	38,426	29,762
Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	415,052	340,515	323,954
Americas
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	3,021,751	2,707,758	2,587,727
Americas | Recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	2,861,937	2,582,800	2,456,368
Americas | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	2,002,253	1,820,709	1,769,654
Americas | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	678,677	622,327	576,709
Americas | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	168,577	120,159	90,262
Americas | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	12,430	19,605	19,743
Americas | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	159,814	124,958	131,359
EMEA
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	2,155,216	1,996,389	1,806,444
EMEA | Recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	2,001,931	1,864,720	1,680,746
EMEA | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,597,830	1,504,770	1,395,544
EMEA | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	259,538	213,490	161,552
EMEA | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	124,937	127,722	113,631
EMEA | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	19,626	18,738	10,019
EMEA | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	153,285	131,669	125,698
Asia-Pacific
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,458,570	1,294,398	1,167,969
Asia-Pacific | Recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,356,617	1,210,510	1,101,072
Asia-Pacific | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,042,131	933,522	857,009
Asia-Pacific | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	223,287	187,441	155,328
Asia-Pacific | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	87,343	89,464	88,735
Asia-Pacific | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	3,856	83	0
Asia-Pacific | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 101,953	$ 83,888	$ 66,897

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