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Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Mar. 31, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events On April 26, 2017, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $2.00 per share, which is payable on June 21, 2017 to the Company's common stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 24, 2017. On May 1, 2017, the Company completed the previously announced acquisition of Verizon's colocation service business consisting of 29 data center buildings, for a cash purchase price of approximately $3.6 billion. The operating results of the Selected Verizon Data Center Business Acquisition will be reported in the Americas region following the date of acquisition. The purchase price allocation for the acquisition is not yet complete. As a result, the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are still being appraised by a third-party and have not yet been finalized.