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Income per Unit | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Digital Realty Trust, L.P. |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Income per Unit | Income per Unit The following is a summary of basic and diluted income per unit (in thousands, except unit and per unit amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Net income available to common unitholders | $ | 89,778 |  |  | $ | 67,049 |
Weighted average units outstanding—basic | 214,009,460 |  |  | 161,474,901 |
Potentially dilutive common units: |  |  |
Stock options | — |  |  | 4 |
Unvested incentive units | 302,016 |  |  | 237,336 |
Forward equity offering | — |  |  | 283,388 |
Market performance-based awards | 491,287 |  |  | 603,900 |
Weighted average units outstanding—diluted | 214,802,763 |  |  | 162,599,529 |
Income per unit: |  |  |
Basic | $ | 0.42 |  |  | $ | 0.42 |
Diluted | $ | 0.42 |  |  | $ | 0.41 |
We have excluded the following potentially dilutive securities in the calculations above as they would be antidilutive or not dilutive:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Potentially dilutive Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Units | 1,967,430 |  |  | — |
Potentially dilutive Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units | — |  |  | 1,783,083 |
Potentially dilutive Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units | 2,439,505 |  |  | 2,438,074 |
Potentially dilutive Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units | 3,574,840 |  |  | 3,572,744 |
Potentially dilutive Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units | 2,442,359 |  |  | 2,440,928 |
Potentially dilutive Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units | 1,948,598 |  |  | — |
Total | 12,372,732 |  |  | 10,234,829 |

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