Segment Information - Revenue Information on Services Basis (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2021
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 1,734,447	$ 1,596,064
Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,642,324	1,510,933
Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,219,355	1,130,292
Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	309,230	279,719
Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	100,854	93,345
Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	12,885	7,577
Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	92,123	85,131
Americas
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	800,421	725,940
Americas | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	757,630	692,869
Americas | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	522,171	487,459
Americas | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	181,103	164,887
Americas | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	49,222	38,485
Americas | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	5,134	2,038
Americas | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	42,791	33,071
EMEA
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	550,480	518,717
EMEA | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	520,113	487,082
EMEA | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	414,569	388,275
EMEA | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	68,140	61,650
EMEA | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	30,990	32,111
EMEA | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	6,414	5,046
EMEA | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	30,367	31,635
Asia-Pacific
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	383,546	351,407
Asia-Pacific | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	364,581	330,982
Asia-Pacific | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	282,615	254,558
Asia-Pacific | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	59,987	53,182
Asia-Pacific | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	20,642	22,749
Asia-Pacific | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,337	493
Asia-Pacific | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 18,965	$ 20,425