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Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities |
Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities | 10. Acquired Intangible Assets and Liabilities The following summarizes our acquired intangible assets and intangible liabilities as of December 31, 2022 and 2021. ​
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​ | ​ | Balance as of
​ | ​ | December 31, 2022 | ​ | December 31, 2021
(Amounts in thousands) | ​ | ​ | Gross Carrying Amount | ​ | ​ | Accumulated Amortization | ​ | ​ | Net Carrying Amount | ​ | ​ | Gross Carrying Amount | ​ | ​ | Accumulated Amortization | ​ | ​ | Net Carrying Amount
Customer relationship value | ​ | $ | 3,327,765 | ​ | $ | (888,105) | ​ | $ | 2,439,660 | ​ | $ | 2,838,842 | ​ | $ | (721,983) | ​ | $ | 2,116,859
Acquired in-place lease value | ​ | ​ | 1,369,526 | ​ | ​ | (1,041,631) | ​ | ​ | 327,895 | ​ | ​ | 1,278,012 | ​ | ​ | (995,883) | ​ | ​ | 282,129
Other | ​ | ​ | 94,829 | ​ | ​ | (26,788) | ​ | ​ | 68,041 | ​ | ​ | 101,869 | ​ | ​ | (14,688) | ​ | ​ | 87,181
Acquired above-market leases | ​ | ​ | 264,071 | ​ | ​ | (253,693) | ​ | ​ | 10,378 | ​ | ​ | 268,724 | ​ | $ | (247,135) | ​ | ​ | 21,589
Acquired below-market leases | ​ | ​ | (344,256) | ​ | ​ | 255,821 | ​ | ​ | (88,435) | ​ | ​ | (351,052) | ​ | ​ | 247,877 | ​ | ​ | (103,175)
​ Amortization of customer relationship value, acquired in-place lease value and other intangibles (a component of depreciation and amortization expense) was approximately $253.3 million, $262.9 million and $266.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases, resulted in an increase in rental and other services revenue of $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and a decrease of $(3.6) million and $(10.5) million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Estimated annual amortization for each of the five succeeding years and thereafter, commencing January 1, 2023 is as follows: ​
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(Amounts in thousands) | ​ | Customer relationship value | ​ | ​ | Acquired in-place lease value | ​ | ​ | Other (1) | ​ | ​ | Acquired above-market leases | ​ | ​ | Acquired below-market leases
2023 | $ | 199,837 | ​ | $ | 65,309 | ​ | $ | 4,488 | ​ | $ | 4,758 | ​ | $ | (12,496)
2024 |  | 199,257 | ​ |  | 59,705 | ​ |  | 3,084 | ​ |  | 2,584 | ​ |  | (11,203)
2025 |  | 198,755 | ​ |  | 56,680 | ​ |  | 3,084 | ​ |  | 1,452 | ​ |  | (10,215)
2026 |  | 198,320 | ​ |  | 52,625 | ​ |  | 3,084 | ​ |  | 684 | ​ |  | (8,659)
2027 |  | 197,943 | ​ |  | 41,843 | ​ |  | 3,084 | ​ |  | 214 | ​ |  | (8,010)
Thereafter |  | 1,445,548 | ​ |  | 51,733 | ​ |  | 13,818 | ​ |  | 686 | ​ |  | (37,852)
Total | $ | 2,439,660 | ​ | $ | 327,895 | ​ | $ | 30,642 | ​ | $ | 10,378 | ​ | $ | (88,435)
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Remaining Contractual Life (in years) | ​ | 14.9 | ​ | ​ | 5.0 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 1.8 | ​ | ​ | 7.3
(1) | Excludes power grid rights in the amount of approximately $37.4 million that are currently not being amortized. Amortization of these assets will begin once the data centers associated with the power grid rights are placed into service.

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