Balance Sheet Components - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2022	Apr. 30, 2021	Jan. 31, 2022
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Accumulated depreciation of property and equipment acquired under finance lease	$ 207.6		$ 196.6
Depreciation expense	14.8	$ 16.2
Servers and related equipment
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation expense	12.0	$ 13.1
Servers And Related Equipment And Construction In Progress
Property Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Gross amount of property and equipment acquired under finance lease	$ 258.9		$ 258.8

Finance lease accumulated deprecation of property and equipment.

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Gross amount of property and equipment acquired under finance lease.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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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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