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Income per Share (Schedule Of Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share) (Details)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Potentially dilutive securities (shares) 19,272,859us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 23,606,308us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Weighted average of Operating Partnership common units not owned by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.    
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]    
Potentially dilutive securities (shares) 2,702,468us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= dlr_OperatingPartnershipUnitsNotOwnedByCompanyMember
2,606,669us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= dlr_OperatingPartnershipUnitsNotOwnedByCompanyMember