Segment Information - Revenue Information on Services Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 2,061,030	$ 1,840,659	$ 6,077,647	$ 5,392,260
Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,961,043	1,748,132	5,768,693	5,097,907
Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,464,181	1,296,093	4,296,645	3,772,410
Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	352,758	318,250	1,036,603	942,657
Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	113,630	102,466	336,502	309,012
Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	30,474	31,323	98,943	73,828
Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	99,987	92,527	308,954	294,353
Americas
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	913,693	846,161	2,685,781	2,477,446
Americas | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	872,282	805,466	2,564,210	2,353,485
Americas | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	596,871	555,352	1,754,537	1,619,511
Americas | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	206,552	190,283	609,457	558,877
Americas | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	63,356	54,704	184,755	159,255
Americas | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	5,503	5,127	15,461	15,842
Americas | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	41,411	40,695	121,571	123,961
EMEA
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	708,714	591,812	2,086,688	1,741,493
EMEA | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	673,124	564,034	1,970,831	1,636,826
EMEA | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	538,256	445,733	1,571,233	1,293,641
EMEA | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	78,795	66,703	227,718	201,688
EMEA | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	32,790	28,493	97,105	89,930
EMEA | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	23,283	23,105	74,775	51,567
EMEA | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	35,590	27,778	115,857	104,667
Asia-Pacific
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	438,623	402,686	1,305,178	1,173,321
Asia-Pacific | Recurring Revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	415,637	378,632	1,233,652	1,107,596
Asia-Pacific | Colocation
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	329,054	295,008	970,875	859,258
Asia-Pacific | Interconnection
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	67,411	61,264	199,428	182,092
Asia-Pacific | Managed infrastructure
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	17,484	19,269	54,642	59,827
Asia-Pacific | Other
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	1,688	3,091	8,707	6,419
Asia-Pacific | Non-recurring revenues
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 22,986	$ 24,054	$ 71,526	$ 65,725