Non-controlling Interest (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]

Ownership of Common Units

The ownership of the Common Units is summarized as follows:

	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
	Units	Ownership %		Units	Ownership %
	(units in thousands)
Switch, Inc.’s ownership of Common Units(1)	89,688	37.8	%	55,157	22.7	%
Noncontrolling interest holders’ ownership of Common Units(2)	147,859	62.2	%	187,440	77.3	%
Total Common Units	237,547	100.0	%	242,597	100.0	%

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(1) Common Units held by Switch, Inc. as of December 31, 2019 exclude 80,000 Common Units underlying unvested restricted stock awards. Common Units held by Switch, Inc. as of December 31, 2018 exclude 61,000 Common Units underlying unvested restricted stock awards.

(2) Common Units held by noncontrolling interest holders as of December 31, 2019 exclude 3.2 million unvested Common Unit awards. Common Units held by noncontrolling interest holders as of December 31, 2018 exclude 4.0 million unvested Common Unit awards.