Segment Information - Revenue Information on Services Basis (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,018,408	$ 1,817,154	$ 4,016,617	$ 3,551,601
Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,917,570	1,707,451	3,807,650	3,349,775
Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,424,050	1,256,962	2,832,464	2,476,317
Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	347,038	315,177	683,845	624,407
Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	111,625	105,692	222,872	206,546
Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	34,857	29,620	68,469	42,505
Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	100,838	109,703	208,967	201,826
Americas
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	889,713	830,864	1,772,088	1,631,285
Americas | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	853,459	790,389	1,691,928	1,548,019
Americas | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	583,568	541,988	1,157,666	1,064,159
Americas | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	204,266	187,491	402,905	368,594
Americas | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	60,539	55,329	121,399	104,551
Americas | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	5,086	5,581	9,958	10,715
Americas | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	36,254	40,475	80,160	83,266
EMEA
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	686,757	599,201	1,377,974	1,149,681
EMEA | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	652,866	552,679	1,297,707	1,072,792
EMEA | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	517,366	433,339	1,032,977	847,908
EMEA | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	76,317	66,845	148,923	134,985
EMEA | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	32,891	30,447	64,315	61,437
EMEA | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	26,292	22,048	51,492	28,462
EMEA | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	33,891	46,522	80,267	76,889
Asia-Pacific
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	441,938	387,089	866,555	770,635
Asia-Pacific | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	411,245	364,383	818,015	728,964
Asia-Pacific | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	323,116	281,635	641,821	564,250
Asia-Pacific | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	66,455	60,841	132,017	120,828
Asia-Pacific | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	18,195	19,916	37,158	40,558
Asia-Pacific | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	3,479	1,991	7,019	3,328
Asia-Pacific | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 30,693	$ 22,706	$ 48,540	$ 41,671