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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 08, 2018 USD ($) data_center	Mar. 08, 2018 GBP (£) data_center	Mar. 08, 2018 SGD ($) data_center	Jan. 10, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2017 EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
IO Data Center LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration							$ 1,347,046
Consideration transferred				$ 1,347,000			1,347,046
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability				$ 35,000
Business combination separately recognized transactions expenses and losses recognized, acquisition costs incurred to date							$ 28,064
Credit Suisse Data Center Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number Of Data Centers | data_center	2	2	2
Consideration transferred	$ 111,400	£ 34,600	$ 81,000
Santa Fe China [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred | €						€ 14,000
Santa Fe China - Beijing Property [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred | €						9,000
Santa Fe China Transaction [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred					$ 16,800	€ 23,000

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