Balance Sheet Components - Carrying Amount of Goodwill by Geographical Regions (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, Beginning	$ 5,472,553	$ 4,781,858
Impact of foreign currency exchange	(177,644)	217,931
Balance, Ending	5,372,071	5,472,553
xSCale Data Centers
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Asset sales		(7,306)
Packet Host, Inc.
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		230,620
Bell
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		170,548
Axtel
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		78,902
GPX India
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period	77,162
Americas
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, Beginning	2,212,782	1,741,689
Impact of foreign currency exchange	(2,773)	(8,977)
Balance, Ending	2,210,009	2,212,782
Americas \| xSCale Data Centers
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Asset sales		0
Americas \| Packet Host, Inc.
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		230,620
Americas \| Bell
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		170,548
Americas \| Axtel
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		78,902
Americas \| GPX India
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period	0
EMEA
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, Beginning	2,611,166	2,426,306
Impact of foreign currency exchange	(138,580)	184,860
Balance, Ending	2,472,586	2,611,166
EMEA \| xSCale Data Centers
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Asset sales		0
EMEA \| Packet Host, Inc.
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		0
EMEA \| Bell
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		0
EMEA \| Axtel
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		0
EMEA \| GPX India
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period	0
Asia-Pacific
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance, Beginning	648,605	613,863
Impact of foreign currency exchange	(36,291)	42,048
Balance, Ending	689,476	648,605
Asia-Pacific \| xSCale Data Centers
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Asset sales		(7,306)
Asia-Pacific \| Packet Host, Inc.
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		0
Asia-Pacific \| Bell
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		0
Asia-Pacific \| Axtel
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period		$ 0
Asia-Pacific \| GPX India
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill acquired during the period	$ 77,162

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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