Consolidated Balance Sheet Components - Other Noncurrent Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Software license obligation, noncurrent	$ 0	$ 1,233
Participation units liability, non-current (Note 11)	2,027	870
Operating lease liability, noncurrent (Note 17)	10,647	847
Finance lease liability, noncurrent	0	369
Total	$ 12,674	$ 3,319

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Software License Obligations, Noncurrent

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of liabilities classified as other, due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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