Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Capitalized.

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The compensation expense recognized during the period pertaining to the deferred compensation arrangement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Incentive Plans - Schedule of Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Long-term incentive units
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Deferred compensation, expensed	$ 4.0	$ 3.7	$ 11.5	$ 10.1
Deferred compensation, capitalized		0.1	0.1	0.1
Unearned Compensation	$ 26.0		26.0		$ 16.6
Expected period to recognize unearned compensation (in years)	2 years 4 months 24 days
Market-based performance awards
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Deferred compensation, expensed	$ 3.5	3.1	9.2	8.6
Deferred compensation, capitalized		0.1	0.1	0.2
Unearned Compensation	$ 27.6		27.6		19.9
Expected period to recognize unearned compensation (in years)	0 years
Service Based Restricted Stock Units
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Deferred compensation, expensed	$ 9.2	8.2	25.6	24.1
Deferred compensation, capitalized	0.8	1.8	3.6	4.4
Unearned Compensation	$ 78.3		78.3		$ 66.4
Expected period to recognize unearned compensation (in years)	2 years 7 months 6 days
Interxion awards
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Share-based Payments [Line Items]
Deferred compensation, expensed		$ 0.3		1.6
Deferred compensation, capitalized			$ 0.1	$ 0.1
Expected period to recognize unearned compensation (in years)	0 years