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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Acquisitions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Acquisition Activity |
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Tower acquisitions (number of towers) |  |  | 186 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 4,790
Schedule of Acquisition Capital Expenditures |
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  |  | (in thousands)
Acquisitions of towers and related assets (1)(2) |  | $ | 243,635 |  | $ | 86,686 |  | $ | 1,092,462
Land buyouts and other assets (3)(4) |  |  | 56,176 |  |  | 43,275 |  |  | 83,630
Total cash acquisition capital expenditures |  | $ | 299,811 |  | $ | 129,961 |  | $ | 1,176,092
(1)During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company closed on 1,445 sites from Airtel Tanzania for $176.1 million. (2)During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company acquired 2,632 sites from GTS in Brazil for $728.2 million, net of working capital adjustments. (3)Excludes $24.9 million, $17.6 million, and $17.9 million spent to extend ground lease terms for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively. (4)The year ended December 31, 2022 includes amounts paid related to the acquisition of a data center.
Schedule of Acquisition of Towers and Related Asset by Assets Class |
|  | For the year ended December 31,
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 (1)
|  |  | (in thousands)
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 28,730 |  | $ | 18,762 |  | $ | 148,303
Intangible assets, net |  |  | 217,388 |  |  | 66,616 |  |  | 351,967
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |  |  | 28,505 |  |  | 15,863 |  |  | 173,796
Acquired and other right-of-use assets, net |  |  | 68 |  |  | 3,744 |  |  | 567,303
Acquisition related holdbacks |  |  | (5,231) |  |  | (2,541) |  |  | (24,280)
Long-term lease liabilities |  |  | (21,399) |  |  | (13,458) |  |  | (124,872)
Other (liabilities) assets assumed, net |  |  | (4,426) |  |  | (2,300) |  |  | 245
Total acquisitions of towers and related assets |  | $ | 243,635 |  | $ | 86,686 |  | $ | 1,092,462
(1)These amounts include the purchase price allocation for GTS consisting of $23.8 million of property and equipment, net, $142.2 million of intangible assets, net, $48.8 million of operating lease right-of-use assets, net, $529.3 million of acquired and other right-of-use assets, net, $18.3 million of long-term lease liabilities, and $2.4 million of other net assets assumed.

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