Description of the Business (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions, ft³ in Billions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 warehouse $ / shares shares ft³	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 10, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 22, 2021 $ / shares shares	Mar. 21, 2021 shares	Apr. 16, 2020 $ / shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warehouse volume | ft³	1.4
Common shares, par value (in USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares) | shares	500,000,000			500,000,000	325,000,000
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares) | shares	25,000,000
Preferred shares, par value (in USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.01					$ 0.01
Preferred shares, issued (in shares) | shares	0	0
Preferred shares, outstanding (in shares) | shares	0	0
Collective-Bargaining Arrangements
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse	242
Twenty Twenty-One At the Market Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Authorized equity program | $			$ 900.0
2020 At the Market Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares) | shares		2,332,846
Net proceeds from offering | $		$ 90.6
North America
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse	195
Europe
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse	27
Asia-Pacific
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse	18
South America
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of warehouses | warehouse	2
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | General Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership	99.00%
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | Limited Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership	1.00%
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.. | Other limited partners
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership	0.10%