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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
segment
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Period in which short-term investment become cash equivalents 90 days    
Interest capitalized $ 4,300,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized $ 5,300,000us-gaap_InterestCostsCapitalized  
Compensation costs, leasing and construction activities 12,300,000dlr_CompensationCostsLeasingAndConstructionActivities 11,400,000dlr_CompensationCostsLeasingAndConstructionActivities  
Cash flows from capitalized leasing costs 13,700,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInLeaseAcquisitionCosts 9,600,000us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInLeaseAcquisitionCosts  
Number of reportable segments 1us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments    
Total operating revenues 406,609,000us-gaap_Revenues 390,590,000us-gaap_Revenues  
Other Expense      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Construction management expense reclassified to other expense 200,000us-gaap_PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustment
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United States      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Total operating revenues 314,700,000us-gaap_Revenues
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= country_US
295,200,000us-gaap_Revenues
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= country_US
 
Long-lived assets 5,500,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
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= country_US
  5,400,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
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= country_US
Outside The United States      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Total operating revenues 92,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= dlr_OutsideUnitedStatesMember
95,400,000us-gaap_Revenues
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= dlr_OutsideUnitedStatesMember
 
Long-lived assets 2,600,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= dlr_OutsideUnitedStatesMember
  2,700,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= dlr_OutsideUnitedStatesMember
United Kingdom      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Total operating revenues 50,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
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= country_GB
54,900,000us-gaap_Revenues
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= country_GB
 
Long-lived assets $ 1,700,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
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= country_GB
  1,700,000,000us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
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= country_GB
Sales      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk 12.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= us-gaap_SalesMember
14.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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Long-Lived Assets      
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk 20.70%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= dlr_NoncurrentAssetsMember
  21.30%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= dlr_NoncurrentAssetsMember