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Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Subsequent Events	Jun. 30, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Subsequent Events On August 2, 2017, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $2.00 per share, which is payable on September 20, 2017 to the Company's common stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 23, 2017. On August 4, 2017, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement with RBC Capital Market, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, establishing an "at the market" equity offering program, under which Equinix may offer and sell from time to time up to an aggregate of $750.0 million of its common stock in "at the market" transactions (the "ATM Program"). No sales have been made under the ATM Program to date.