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Organization And Description Of Business (Narrative) (Details)
Mar. 31, 2015
property
Dec. 31, 2014
property
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties owned 130dlr_NumberOfPropertiesOwned  
Common Interest    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Ownership percentage in the Operating Partnership 97.90%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_OtherOwnershipInterestsByNameAxis
= dlr_CommonInterestMember
 
Preferred Interest    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Ownership percentage in the Operating Partnership 100.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
/ us-gaap_OtherOwnershipInterestsByNameAxis
= dlr_PreferredInterestMember
 
Joint Ventures    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures 14dlr_InvestmentsInUnconsolidatedJointVenturesNumber
/ invest_InvestmentAxis
= dlr_JointVenturesMember
 
North America    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties owned 104dlr_NumberOfPropertiesOwned
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_NorthAmericaMember
 
Europe    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties owned 21dlr_NumberOfPropertiesOwned
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_EuropeMember
 
Australia    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties owned 3dlr_NumberOfPropertiesOwned
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_AU
 
Asia    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties owned 2dlr_NumberOfPropertiesOwned
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= us-gaap_AsiaMember
 
Held-for-sale    
Organization and Description of Business [Line Items]    
Number of properties 2us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleMember
5us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleMember