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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Oct. 31, 2023 | Aug. 31, 2023 | May 31, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2023 | Mar. 31, 2022 | Oct. 31, 2021 | Feb. 28, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition related costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,700 | $ 10,700 | $ 13,300
Goodwill | $ 2,850,470 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,850,470 | $ 2,763,838 | $ 2,156,254
Lumen | Customer-related intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire assets |  | $ 81,800 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset acquisition, useful life |  |  | 12 years 2 months 12 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
StackPath | Customer-related intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire assets |  |  | $ 51,400 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset acquisition, useful life |  |  | 13 years 4 months 24 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to acquire intangible assets | $ 41,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Neosec, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire business |  |  |  | $ 91,400 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  | 19,900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  | $ 66,900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  | 9 years 8 months 12 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill expected tax deductible amount |  |  |  | $ 33,800 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
StorageOS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire business |  |  |  |  | $ 20,600 |  |  |  |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  |  | 4,500 |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | $ 14,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  | 8 years 9 months 18 days |  |  |  |  |  |
Linode |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire business |  |  |  |  |  | $ 898,500 |  |  |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | 196,020 |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  | $ 617,292 |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 years 2 months 12 days |
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 103,500 |
Linode | Customer-related intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  | 16 years 9 months 18 days |  |  |  |  |
Guardicore Ltd. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire business |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 610,700 |  |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  | 123,600 |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 479,834 |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 years 7 months 6 days |  |  |  |
Guardicore Ltd. | Customer-related intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 years |  |  |  |
Inverse, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire business |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 17,100 |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,600 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,700 |  |  |
Weighted average useful life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 years |  |  |
Goodwill expected tax deductible amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,700 |  |  |

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