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Kilometers of Fiber Backbone

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The amount of non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market, other than: (a) those that the entity intends to sell immediately or in the near term, which shall be classified as held for trading, and those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as at fair value through profit or loss; (b) those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as available for sale; or (c) those for which the holder may not recover substantially all of its initial investment, other than because of credit deterioration, which shall be classified as available for sale. An interest acquired in a pool of assets that are not loans or receivables (for example, an interest in a mutual fund or a similar fund) is not a loan or receivable. [Refer: Derivative financial assets]

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INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES - Additional Information (Details) site in Thousands					1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 07, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 21, 2019	Oct. 21, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 07, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) business site km	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Disposal of investments in associates and joint ventures										$ 0	$ 135,000,000	$ 1,289,000,000
Change in basis of accounting										466,000,000	0
Acquisitions										369,000,000	587,000,000
Associates and joint ventures with quoted prices in an active market										$ 2	$ 0
Australian export terminal
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Disposal of ownership interest, percentage	22.00%
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	49.00%									0.00%	71.00%
Change in basis of accounting	$ 466,000,000
Brazilian electricity transmission operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										15.00%
Mexico regulated gas transmission operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										13.00%
Mexico Regulated Gas Transmission Operation 2
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										11.00%
Regulated Natural Gas Transmission Business In Mexico
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Number of businesses \| business										2
Colombian natural gas distribution operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Number of associates and joint ventures										4
Brazilian toll roads
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										45.00%
Brazilian Rail Business
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										11.00%
North American west coast container terminal
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										19.00%
Australian port operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										13.00%
Australian Ports Operation 2
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										26.00%
Australian Ports Operation 3
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										49.00%
U.S. LNG export terminal
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										6.00%
Ownership interest					6.00%
Acquisitions					$ 369,000,000
North American natural gas transmission operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										50.00%
Loans and receivables										$ 500,000,000
North American gas storage operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										20.00%
European telecommunications infrastructure operations
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										21.00%
Number of towers and rooftop sites \| site										7
Kilometers of fiber backbone \| km										5,500
Australian Data Center Operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										12.00%
New Zealand Data Center Operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership and voting Interest										13.00%
European port operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest								40.00%
Disposal of investments in associates and joint ventures								$ 135,000,000
Texas electricity transmission project
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest						11.00%
Disposal of investments in associates and joint ventures						$ 60,000,000
Gain on sale of investment						$ 20,000,000
Disposal of ownership interest, percentage										11.00%
Brazilian Data Center Operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest									12.00%
Acquisitions									$ 190,000,000
Proportion of voting rights held in associate									50.00%
Australian Data Transmission and Distribution Operation
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest							12.00%
Acquisitions							$ 170,000,000
Proportion of voting rights held in associate							50.00%
Ramones II Norte
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest				13.00%
Proportion of voting rights held in associate										50.00%
Ramones II Sur
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Ownership interest		11.00%
Proportion of voting rights held in associate										45.00%
Los Ramones
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Acquisitions			$ 140,000,000
Sabine Pass
Disclosure Of Associates And Joint Ventures [Line Items]
Proportion of voting rights held in associate										41.00%