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Equinix, Inc
(NASDAQ:EQIX) 

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Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners and p...

Founded: 1998
Full Time Employees: 9,638
Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT-Specialty

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      revenues
    2,444,000,000 2,420,000,000 2,316,000,000 2,256,000,000 2,225,000,000 2,261,000,000 2,201,000,000 2,159,000,000 2,127,000,000 2,110,489,000 2,061,030,000 2,018,408,000 1,998,209,000 1,870,845,000 1,840,659,000 1,817,154,000 1,734,447,000 1,706,378,000 1,675,176,000 1,657,919,000 1,596,064,000 1,564,115,000 1,519,767,000 1,470,121,000 1,444,542,000 1,417,135,000 1,396,810,000 1,384,977,000 1,363,218,000 1,310,083,000 1,283,751,000 1,261,943,000 1,215,877,000 1,200,221,000 1,152,261,000 1,066,421,000 949,525,000 942,647,000 924,676,000 900,510,000 844,156,000 730,462,000 686,649,000 665,582,000 643,174,000 638,121,000 620,441,000 605,161,000 580,053,000 564,677,000 543,084,000 525,669,000 519,455,000 506,520,000 488,730,000 466,264,000 452,200,000 431,312,000 417,601,000 394,900,000 363,029,000 345,244,000 330,347,000 296,094,000 248,649,000 242,552,000 227,558,000 213,168,000 199,231,000 190,683,000 183,735,000 172,044,000 158,218,000 138,714,000 103,782,000 91,837,000 85,109,000 79,772,000 73,726,000 68,548,000 64,869,000  
      yoy
    9.84% 7.03% 5.22% 4.49% 4.61% 7.13% 6.79% 6.97% 6.45% 12.81% 11.97% 11.08% 15.21% 9.64% 9.88% 9.60% 8.67% 9.10% 10.23% 12.77% 10.49% 10.37% 8.80% 6.15% 5.97% 8.17% 8.81% 9.75% 12.12% 9.15% 11.41% 18.33% 28.05% 27.32% 24.61% 18.42% 12.48% 29.05% 34.67% 35.30% 31.25% 14.47% 10.67% 9.98% 10.88% 13.01% 14.24% 15.12% 11.67% 11.48% 11.12% 12.74% 14.87% 17.44% 17.03% 18.07% 24.56% 24.93% 26.41% 33.37% 46.00% 42.34% 45.17% 38.90% 24.80% 27.20% 23.85% 23.90% 25.92% 37.46% 77.04% 87.34% 85.90% 73.89% 40.77% 33.97% 31.20%      
      qoq
    0.99% 4.49% 2.66% 1.39% -1.59% 2.73% 1.95% 1.50% 0.78% 2.40% 2.11% 1.01% 6.81% 1.64% 1.29% 4.77% 1.64% 1.86% 1.04% 3.88% 2.04% 2.92% 3.38% 1.77% 1.93% 1.46% 0.85% 1.60% 4.06% 2.05% 1.73% 3.79% 1.30% 4.16% 8.05% 12.31% 0.73% 1.94% 2.68% 6.68% 15.56% 6.38% 3.17% 3.48% 0.79% 2.85% 2.52% 4.33% 2.72% 3.98% 3.31% 1.20% 2.55% 3.64% 4.82% 3.11% 4.84% 3.28% 5.75% 8.78% 5.15% 4.51% 11.57% 19.08% 2.51% 6.59% 6.75% 7.00% 4.48% 3.78% 6.80% 8.74% 14.06% 33.66% 13.01% 7.91% 6.69% 8.20% 7.55% 5.67%   
      costs and operating expenses:
                                                                                      
      cost of revenues
    1,186,000,000 1,198,000,000 1,142,000,000 1,084,000,000 1,084,000,000 1,196,000,000 1,098,000,000 1,082,000,000 1,091,000,000 1,091,776,000 1,068,991,000 1,060,800,000 1,006,091,000 970,700,000 934,669,000 930,257,000 915,875,000 910,435,000 885,650,000 865,120,000 811,217,000 830,735,000 767,979,000 739,344,000 736,282,000 725,636,000 704,339,000 698,179,000 682,030,000 670,935,000 660,309,000 651,801,000 622,430,000 619,625,000 582,360,000 522,203,000 468,961,000 465,921,000 470,302,000 456,967,000 427,680,000 351,968,000 325,468,000 315,757,000 298,313,000 313,449,000 304,052,000 292,859,000 287,525,000 269,743,000 268,960,000 267,693,000 259,268,000 250,121,000 251,487,000 233,192,000 225,079,000 229,340,000 228,153,000 215,572,000 194,576,000 193,559,000 185,476,000 162,582,000 133,050,000 127,074,000 126,007,000 118,534,000 111,805,000 108,302,000 109,863,000 102,008,000 94,486,000 92,480,000 62,891,000 55,609,000 52,765,000 50,334,000 49,137,000 45,563,000 43,345,000  
      gross profit
    1,258,000,000 1,222,000,000 1,174,000,000 1,172,000,000 1,141,000,000 1,065,000,000 1,103,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,036,000,000 1,018,713,000 992,039,000 957,608,000 992,118,000 900,145,000 905,990,000 886,897,000 818,572,000 795,943,000 789,526,000 792,799,000 784,847,000 733,380,000 751,788,000 730,777,000 708,260,000 691,499,000 692,471,000 686,798,000 681,188,000 639,148,000 623,442,000 610,142,000 593,447,000 580,596,000 569,901,000 544,218,000 480,564,000 476,726,000 454,374,000 443,543,000 416,476,000 378,494,000 361,181,000 349,825,000 344,861,000 324,672,000 316,389,000 312,302,000 292,528,000 294,934,000 274,124,000 257,976,000 260,187,000 256,399,000 237,243,000 233,072,000 227,121,000 201,972,000 189,448,000 179,328,000 168,453,000 151,685,000 144,871,000 133,512,000 115,599,000 115,478,000 101,551,000 94,634,000 87,426,000 82,381,000 73,872,000 70,036,000 63,732,000 46,234,000 40,891,000 36,228,000 32,344,000 29,438,000 24,589,000 22,985,000 21,524,000  
      yoy
    10.25% 14.74% 6.44% 8.82% 10.14% 4.54% 11.19% 12.47% 4.42% 13.17% 9.50% 7.97% 21.20% 13.09% 14.75% 11.87% 4.30% 8.53% 5.02% 8.49% 10.81% 6.06% 8.57% 6.40% 3.97% 8.19% 11.07% 12.56% 14.78% 10.08% 9.39% 12.11% 23.49% 21.79% 25.43% 22.70% 15.39% 25.95% 25.80% 26.79% 20.77% 16.58% 14.16% 12.01% 17.89% 10.08% 15.42% 21.06% 12.43% 15.03% 15.55% 10.69% 14.56% 26.95% 25.23% 29.97% 34.83% 33.15% 30.77% 34.32% 45.72% 31.35% 42.66% 41.08% 32.22% 40.18% 37.47% 35.12% 37.18% 78.18% 80.66% 93.32% 97.04% 57.06% 66.30% 57.62% 50.27%      
      qoq
    2.95% 4.09% 0.17% 2.72% 7.14% -3.45% 2.41% 3.96% 1.70% 2.69% 3.60% -3.48% 10.22% -0.65% 2.15% 8.35% 2.84% 0.81% -0.41% 1.01% 7.02% -2.45% 2.88% 3.18% 2.42% -0.14% 0.83% 0.82% 6.58% 2.52% 2.18% 2.81% 2.21% 1.88% 4.72% 13.25% 0.81% 4.92% 2.44% 6.50% 10.04% 4.79% 3.25% 1.44% 6.22% 2.62% 1.31% 6.76% -0.82% 7.59% 6.26% -0.85% 1.48% 8.07% 1.79% 2.62% 12.45% 6.61% 5.64% 6.46% 11.05% 4.70% 8.51% 15.50% 0.10% 13.71% 7.31% 8.24% 6.12% 11.52% 5.48% 9.89% 37.85% 13.07% 12.87% 12.01% 9.87% 19.72% 6.98% 6.79%   
      gross margin %
    51.47% 50.50% 50.69% 51.95% 51.28% 47.10% 50.11% 49.88% 48.71% 48.27% 48.13% 47.44% 49.65% 48.11% 49.22% 48.81% 47.19% 46.65% 47.13% 47.82% 49.17% 46.89% 49.47% 49.71% 49.03% 48.80% 49.58% 49.59% 49.97% 48.79% 48.56% 48.35% 48.81% 48.37% 49.46% 51.03% 50.61% 50.57% 49.14% 49.25% 49.34% 51.82% 52.60% 52.56% 53.62% 50.88% 50.99% 51.61% 50.43% 52.23% 50.48% 49.08% 50.09% 50.62% 48.54% 49.99% 50.23% 46.83% 45.37% 45.41% 46.40% 43.94% 43.85% 45.09% 46.49% 47.61% 44.63% 44.39% 43.88% 43.20% 40.21% 40.71% 40.28% 33.33% 39.40% 39.45% 38.00% 36.90% 33.35% 33.53% 33.18%  
      sales and marketing
    241,000,000 234,000,000 219,000,000 221,000,000 229,000,000 209,000,000 237,000,000 219,000,000 226,000,000 217,603,000 212,506,000 215,016,000 210,671,000 207,233,000 193,089,000 193,727,000 192,511,000 189,798,000 182,997,000 185,610,000 182,827,000 187,055,000 172,727,000 178,124,000 180,450,000 160,556,000 161,574,000 159,201,000 169,715,000 161,804,000 157,920,000 154,202,000 159,776,000 153,612,000 157,619,000 141,566,000 128,927,000 113,384,000 110,936,000 107,832,000 106,590,000 88,439,000 83,709,000 81,248,000 78,616,000 81,236,000 72,185,000 75,254,000 67,428,000 67,250,000 61,619,000 59,478,000 58,276,000 55,690,000 53,211,000 47,764,000 46,571,000 45,322,000 43,070,000 37,063,000 33,636,000 31,518,000 31,205,000 28,913,000 19,468,000 17,269,000 15,543,000 16,369,000 14,403,000 20,263,000 16,009,000 15,290,000 15,351,000 13,117,000 9,630,000 8,520,000 8,677,000 9,439,000 7,502,000 8,480,000 7,198,000  
      general and administrative
    444,000,000 481,000,000 470,000,000 451,000,000 438,000,000 451,000,000 434,000,000 437,000,000 444,000,000 448,849,000 403,890,000 406,429,000 394,874,000 400,183,000 375,483,000 370,348,000 352,687,000 343,711,000 334,625,000 322,005,000 301,456,000 293,144,000 279,350,000 256,890,000 261,597,000 245,504,000 241,812,000 232,656,000 215,046,000 206,146,000 206,902,000 210,489,000 203,157,000 187,816,000 185,336,000 191,355,000 181,399,000 178,956,000 181,239,000 168,462,000 165,904,000 136,829,000 123,237,000 119,578,000 113,640,000 113,684,000 109,354,000 111,675,000 103,303,000 98,466,000 96,874,000 88,632,000 89,685,000 86,867,000 83,621,000 80,723,000 78,425,000 71,674,000 65,976,000 65,681,000 62,601,000 64,820,000 58,640,000 54,166,000 43,155,000 43,647,000 39,071,000 37,456,000 35,150,000 35,214,000 35,529,000 41,445,000 34,376,000 33,672,000 25,182,000 24,854,000 22,861,000 18,637,000 18,631,000 17,725,000 17,130,000  
      restructuring and other exit charges
    6,000,000                                                                                  
      transaction costs
    8,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 38,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 5,869,000 -775,000 5,718,000 1,600,000 10,529,000 2,007,000 5,063,000 4,240,000 9,405,000 5,197,000 6,985,000 1,182,000 24,948,000 5,840,000 13,617,000 11,530,000 16,545,000 2,991,000                                                        
      impairment charges
    2,000,000 63,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000                   7,306,000   -233,000 1,189,000 386,000 14,448,000          7,698,000                                            
      loss on asset sales
    -20,000,000  -1,000,000       -24,000 -3,933,000 -1,941,000 852,000  2,252,000 -94,000 1,818,000   -455,000 1,720,000   -342,000 1,199,000                                                          
      total costs and operating expenses
    1,867,000,000 1,998,000,000 1,842,000,000 1,762,000,000 1,767,000,000 2,158,000,000 1,776,000,000 1,723,000,000 1,763,000,000 1,764,073,000 1,680,679,000 1,686,022,000 1,614,088,000 1,588,645,000 1,507,500,000 1,499,301,000 1,467,131,000 1,456,653,000 1,393,055,000 1,379,265,000 1,298,402,000 1,335,509,000 1,231,417,000 1,187,633,000 1,191,058,000 1,104,161,000 1,111,442,000 1,093,196,000 1,083,710,000 1,039,366,000 1,017,998,000 1,046,905,000 990,002,000 968,178,000 927,398,000 881,526,000 782,312,000 758,192,000 754,735,000 748,855,000 731,468,000 594,585,000 545,766,000 526,449,000 491,725,000 510,295,000 485,310,000 480,464,000 458,441,000 439,688,000 427,891,000 413,492,000 410,891,000 404,478,000 392,861,000 363,598,000 351,102,000 348,436,000 339,485,000 320,034,000 291,724,000 290,768,000 278,321,000 255,867,000 200,667,000 191,766,000 182,000,000 172,139,000 155,525,000 166,122,000 162,200,000 158,743,000 144,213,000 137,931,000 97,703,000 89,390,000 84,303,000 68,763,000 76,797,000 71,768,000 67,673,000  
      income from operations
    577,000,000 422,000,000 474,000,000 494,000,000 458,000,000 103,000,000 425,000,000 436,000,000 364,000,000 346,416,000 380,351,000 332,386,000 384,121,000 282,200,000 333,159,000 317,853,000 267,316,000 249,725,000 282,121,000 278,654,000 297,662,000 228,606,000 288,350,000 282,488,000 253,484,000 312,974,000 285,368,000 291,781,000 279,508,000 270,717,000 265,753,000 215,038,000 225,875,000         135,877,000 140,883,000 139,133,000 151,449,000 127,826,000 135,131,000 124,697,000 121,612,000 124,989,000 115,193,000     102,666,000 101,098,000 82,876,000 78,116,000 74,866,000 71,305,000 54,476,000 52,026,000 40,227,000 47,982,000 50,786,000 45,558,000 41,029,000 43,706,000 24,561,000 21,535,000 13,301,000 14,005,000 783,000 6,079,000 2,447,000 806,000 11,009,000 -3,071,000 -3,220,000 -2,804,000  
      yoy
    25.98% 309.71% 11.53% 13.30% 25.82% -70.27% 11.74% 31.17% -5.24% 22.76% 14.17% 4.57% 43.70% 13.00% 18.09% 14.07% -10.19% 9.24% -2.16% -1.36% 17.43% -26.96% 1.04% -3.18% -9.31% 15.61% 7.38% 35.69% 23.74%             6.30% 4.26% 11.58% 24.53% 2.27% 17.31%         37.13% 41.78% 52.13% 50.15% 86.11% 48.61% 7.27% 14.20% -1.95% 9.78% 106.77% 111.55% 208.47% 212.07% 3036.78% 254.25% 443.56% 1637.59% -92.89% -297.95% -175.99% -128.74%      
      qoq
    36.73% -10.97% -4.05% 7.86% 344.66% -75.76% -2.52% 19.78% 5.08% -8.92% 14.43% -13.47% 36.12% -15.30% 4.82% 18.91% 7.04% -11.48% 1.24% -6.39% 30.21% -20.72% 2.08% 11.44% -19.01% 9.67% -2.20% 4.39% 3.25% 1.87% 23.58% -4.80%          -3.55% 1.26% -8.13% 18.48% -5.41% 8.37% 2.54% -2.70% 8.50%      1.55% 21.99% 6.09% 4.34% 4.99% 30.89% 4.71% 29.33% -16.16% -5.52% 11.48% 11.04% -6.13% 77.95% 14.05% 61.91% -5.03% 1688.63% -87.12% 148.43% 203.60% -92.68% -458.48% -4.63% 14.84%   
      operating margin %
    23.61% 17.44% 20.47% 21.90% 20.58% 4.56% 19.31% 20.19% 17.11% 16.41% 18.45% 16.47% 19.22% 15.08% 18.10% 17.49% 15.41% 14.63% 16.84% 16.81% 18.65% 14.62% 18.97% 19.22% 17.55% 22.08% 20.43% 21.07% 20.50% 20.66% 20.70% 17.04% 18.58% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 18.60% 20.52% 20.90% 23.55% 20.03% 21.78% 20.61% 20.97% 22.13% 21.21% 0% 0% 0% 0% 22.02% 22.36% 19.21% 18.71% 18.96% 19.64% 15.78% 15.75% 13.59% 19.30% 20.94% 20.02% 19.25% 21.94% 12.88% 11.72% 7.73% 8.85% 0.56% 5.86% 2.66% 0.95% 13.80% -4.17% -4.70% -4.32%  
      interest income
    41,000,000 41,000,000 53,000,000 52,000,000 47,000,000 49,000,000 35,000,000 29,000,000 24,000,000 28,225,000 23,111,000 23,503,000 19,388,000 18,462,000 11,192,000 4,508,000 2,106,000 1,130,000 411,000 374,000 729,000 1,244,000 1,452,000 1,685,000 4,273,000 7,532,000 8,201,000 7,762,000 4,202,000 3,002,000 2,912,000 3,958,000 4,610,000 3,255,000 2,291,000 4,437,000 3,092,000 948,000 762,000 841,000 925,000 1,206,000 934,000 921,000 520,000 357,000 356,000 744,000 1,434,000 794,000 929,000 917,000 747,000 758,000 1,054,000 963,000 691,000 754,000 679,000 632,000 215,000 208,000 310,000 491,000 506,000 435,000 353,000 680,000 916,000 1,120,000 441,000 2,411,000 3,441,000 5,066,000 3,309,000 5,082,000 1,949,000 1,562,000 1,724,000 1,730,000 1,611,000  
      interest expense
    -148,000,000 -142,000,000 -128,000,000 -135,000,000 -122,000,000 -126,000,000 -117,000,000 -110,000,000 -104,000,000 -103,183,000 -101,385,000 -99,973,000 -97,481,000 -94,200,000 -91,346,000 -90,826,000 -79,965,000 -80,227,000 -78,943,000 -87,231,000 -89,681,000 -90,912,000 -99,736,000 -108,480,000 -107,338,000 -117,617,000 -118,674,000 -120,547,000 -122,846,000 -129,978,000 -130,566,000 -134,673,000 -126,277,000 -126,144,000 -121,828,000 -119,042,000 -111,684,000 -98,761,000 -92,200,000 -100,332,000 -100,863,000 -79,499,000 -76,269,000 -74,496,000 -68,791,000 -71,103,000 -63,756,000 -66,874,000 -68,820,000 -65,503,000 -61,957,000 -61,001,000 -60,331,000 -50,516,000 -50,207,000 -46,787,000 -52,818,000 -55,151,000 -51,114,000 -37,677,000 -37,361,000 -38,822,000 -38,363,000 -37,615,000 -25,675,000 -22,613,000 -22,256,000 -15,912,000 -13,451,000 -14,744,000 -13,880,000 -12,823,000 -13,594,000 -12,094,000 -5,662,000 -6,115,000 -3,462,000 -3,891,000 -3,551,000 -3,565,000 -3,868,000  
      other income
    1,000,000 -9,000,000  -7,000,000 9,000,000 -1,500,000 7,000,000  -6,000,000    7,503,000 -28,895,000 -6,735,000   -5,802,000 1,482,000 -39,377,000 -6,950,000 -2,697,000 162,000 4,278,000 5,170,000 12,336,000 3,428,000 12,180,000  4,498,000 3,744,000 8,866,000 -3,064,000 8,668,000 -1,076,000 1,284,000 337,000 -1,707,000 2,938,000 1,555,000  -48,617,000 -12,836,000 1,386,000 -514,000 -3,051,000 1,811,000 681,000 678,000 1,959,000 985,000 2,768,000  -717,000 507,000 -1,844,000 -154,000 1,383,000 -1,694,000 1,021,000 2,111,000 497,000 1,654,000 -1,481,000 20,000 -1,288,000 2,484,000 2,610,000 -4,106,000 705,000 -520,000 -918,000 2,040,000 -121,000 3,167,000        
      income before income taxes
    471,000,000 312,000,000 399,000,000 405,000,000 392,000,000  350,000,000 348,000,000 277,000,000 270,302,000 295,745,000 244,398,000 313,785,000 177,710,000 246,345,000 224,877,000 180,437,000 165,040,000 205,250,000 49,960,000 188,702,000 92,240,000 96,734,000 178,103,000 149,148,000 162,467,000 178,638,000 191,176,000 160,316,000 74,240,500 143,335,000 73,974,000 79,653,000                       54,998,000 48,817,000 29,862,000 25,987,000 38,842,000 36,270,000 11,003,000 15,833,000 168,000 22,876,000 27,417,000 26,139,000 28,407,000 27,065,000 3,859,750 7,576,000 1,971,000 5,892,000          
      income tax expense
    -56,000,000 -48,000,000 -25,000,000 -38,000,000 -49,000,000 -14,000,000 -54,000,000 -47,000,000 -46,000,000 -42,825,000 -19,985,000 -37,385,000 -55,055,000 -48,807,000 -34,606,000  -32,744,000 -41,899,000 -53,224,000  -32,628,000 -41,304,000 -29,903,000 -44,753,000 -30,191,000 -37,632,000 -57,827,000 -47,324,000 -42,569,000 -26,054,000 -18,510,000 -6,356,000 -16,759,000 -28,938,000 -2,194,000 -9,325,000  -19,494,000 -22,778,000 -13,812,000  2,053,000 -11,580,000  -6,212,000 -303,325,000 -30,581,000  -13,567,000 -1,967,000 -12,397,000  -12,198,000 -17,294,000 -13,498,000 -17,358,000 -14,006,000 -13,769,000 -5,348,000 -8,109,000 -11,125,000 -3,939,000 -4,637,000 -2,442,000 -8,677,000 -7,475,500 -7,327,000  -11,608,000              
      net income
    415,000,000 264,000,000 374,000,000 367,000,000 343,000,000 -14,000,000 296,000,000 301,000,000 231,000,000 227,477,000 275,760,000 207,013,000 258,730,000 128,903,000 211,739,000 216,242,000 147,693,000 123,141,000 152,026,000 68,487,000 156,074,000 50,936,000 66,831,000 133,350,000 118,957,000 124,835,000 120,811,000 143,852,000 117,747,000 110,022,000 124,825,000 67,618,000 62,894,000 65,215,000 79,900,000 45,805,000 42,062,000 61,750,000 51,450,000 44,711,000 -31,111,000 10,731,000 41,132,000 59,459,000 76,452,000 -355,103,000 42,961,000 10,079,000 41,337,000 45,373,000 42,753,000 -28,129,000 36,323,000 46,131,000 29,200,000 37,640,000 34,811,000 16,093,000 20,639,000 30,733,000 25,145,000 13,760,000 11,196,000 -2,274,000 14,199,000 17,722,000 18,812,000 17,440,000 15,457,000 116,499,000 7,389,000 2,229,000 5,421,000 -6,073,000 4,124,000 1,217,000 -4,456,000 9,111,000 -5,168,000 -5,270,000 -5,070,000  
      yoy
    20.99% -1985.71% 26.35% 21.93% 48.48% -106.15% 7.34% 45.40% -10.72% 76.47% 30.24% -4.27% 75.18% 4.68% 39.28% 215.74% -5.37% 141.76% 127.48% -48.64% 31.20% -59.20% -44.68% -7.30% 1.03% 13.46% -3.22% 112.74% 87.21% 68.71% 56.23% 47.62% 49.53% 5.61% 55.30% 2.45% -235.20% 475.44% 25.09% -24.80% -140.69% -103.02% -4.26% 489.93% 84.95% -882.63% 0.49% -135.83% 13.80% -1.64% 46.41% -174.73% 4.34% 186.65% 41.48% 22.47% 38.44% 16.95% 84.34% -1451.50% 77.09% -22.36% -40.48% -113.04% -8.14% -84.79% 154.59% 682.41% 185.13% -2018.31% 79.17% 83.16% -221.66% -166.66% -179.80% -123.09% -12.11%      
      qoq
    57.20% -29.41% 1.91% 7.00% -2550.00% -104.73% -1.66% 30.30% 1.55% -17.51% 33.21% -19.99% 100.72% -39.12% -2.08% 46.41% 19.94% -19.00% 121.98% -56.12% 206.41% -23.78% -49.88% 12.10% -4.71% 3.33% -16.02% 22.17% 7.02% -11.86% 84.60% 7.51% -3.56% -18.38% 74.44% 8.90% -31.88% 20.02% 15.07% -243.71% -389.92% -73.91% -30.82% -22.23% -121.53% -926.57% 326.24% -75.62% -8.90% 6.13% -251.99% -177.44% -21.26% 57.98% -22.42% 8.13% 116.31% -22.03% -32.84% 22.22% 82.74% 22.90% -592.35% -116.02% -19.88% -5.79% 7.87% 12.83% -86.73% 1476.65% 231.49% -58.88% -189.26% -247.26% 238.87% -127.31% -148.91% -276.30% -1.94% 3.94%   
      net income margin %
    16.98% 10.91% 16.15% 16.27% 15.42% -0.62% 13.45% 13.94% 10.86% 10.78% 13.38% 10.26% 12.95% 6.89% 11.50% 11.90% 8.52% 7.22% 9.08% 4.13% 9.78% 3.26% 4.40% 9.07% 8.23% 8.81% 8.65% 10.39% 8.64% 8.40% 9.72% 5.36% 5.17% 5.43% 6.93% 4.30% 4.43% 6.55% 5.56% 4.97% -3.69% 1.47% 5.99% 8.93% 11.89% -55.65% 6.92% 1.67% 7.13% 8.04% 7.87% -5.35% 6.99% 9.11% 5.97% 8.07% 7.70% 3.73% 4.94% 7.78% 6.93% 3.99% 3.39% -0.77% 5.71% 7.31% 8.27% 8.18% 7.76% 61.10% 4.02% 1.30% 3.43% -4.38% 3.97% 1.33% -5.24% 11.42% -7.01% -7.69% -7.82%  
      net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
     1,000,000  1,000,000   1,000,000   91,000 34,000 17,000 56,000 -140,000 68,000 80,000 -240,000 133,000 190,000 -148,000 288,000 58,000 -144,000 -46,000 -165,000 160,000 39,000 -325,000 331,000                                                      
      net income attributable to common stockholders
    415,000,000 265,000,000 374,000,000 368,000,000 343,000,000 -14,000,000 297,000,000                                                                            
      earnings per share (“eps”) attributable to common stockholders:
                                                                                      
      basic eps
    4.22 2.69 3.82 3.76 3.52 -0.19 3.11 3.17 2.44 2.41 2.94 2.21 2.78 1.38 2.3 2.38 1.62 1.36 1.69 0.76 1.75 0.57 0.75 1.53 1.39 1.46 1.42 1.7 1.44 1.37 1.56 0.85 0.79 0.83 1.02 0.59 0.58 0.87 0.73 0.64 -0.46 0.14 0.72 1.04 1.35 -6.82 0.81 0.22 0.83 0.92 0.86 -0.58 0.73 0.92 0.6 0.76                           
      weighted-average shares for basic eps
    98,392 97,883 97,982 97,835 97,514 95,457 95,394 94,919 94,665 93,615 93,683 93,535 92,971 91,569 91,896 91,036 90,771 89,772 89,858 89,648 89,330 87,700 88,806 87,303 85,551 84,140 85,012 84,399 81,814  79,872 79,479 79,241                                                  
      diluted eps
    4.2 2.69 3.81 3.75 3.5 -0.19 3.1 3.16 2.43 2.4 2.93 2.21 2.77 1.38 2.3 2.37 1.62 1.35 1.68 0.76 1.74 0.55 0.74 1.52 1.38 1.45 1.41 1.69 1.44 1.37 1.55 0.85 0.79 0.82 1.02 0.58 0.57 0.87 0.72 0.64 -0.46 0.13 0.71 1.03 1.34 -6.8 0.79 0.22 0.81 0.9 0.83 -0.58 0.71 0.89 0.58 0.73                           
      weighted-average shares for diluted eps
    98,727 98,123 98,174 98,050 97,887 95,827 95,731 95,166 95,156 94,009 94,168 93,857 93,340 91,828 92,135 91,262 91,162 90,409 90,467 90,104 89,842 88,410 89,519 87,901 86,144 84,679 85,571 84,767 82,090  80,283 79,752 79,649  78,719 78,508 73,367  71,908 70,364 68,132                                          
      restructuring charges
     4,250,000 5,000,000 2,000,000 10,000,000                                                     1,295,000 1,587,000 103,000 496,000 491,000 1,886,000 4,357,000    -220,000 -5,833,000 2,343,000 799,000        1,527,000    
      gain on debt extinguishment
       1,000,000      71,000 -360,000  254,000 143,000 75,000 -420,000 529,000 -28,834,750 179,000   -25,450,750 -93,494,000   -16,750 315,000   -9,803,500 1,492,000                                                    
      gain on asset sales
         -4,500,000  -18,000,000          3,304,000 -15,414,000   -373,000 -1,785,000   -43,847,000 -463,000    -6,013,000                                                    
      loss on debt extinguishment
         -15,000,000   -1,000,000           -102,460,000 -13,058,000   -1,868,000 -6,441,000    -382,000   -19,215,000 -21,491,000 -23,669,000 -22,156,000 -16,444,000 -3,503,000 -1,777,000 -9,894,000 -605,000      -105,807,000  -51,183,000  -14,899,000  -93,602,000  -1,301,000 -5,204,000                            
      other expense
           -7,000,000  -1,227,000 -5,972,000 -11,518,000    -6,238,000 -9,549,000            -166,000            -60,710,000            -459,000                              
      net income attributable to equinix
             185,402,500 275,794,000 207,030,000 258,786,000 128,763,000 211,807,000 216,322,000 147,453,000 123,274,000 152,216,000 68,339,000 156,362,000 50,994,000 66,687,000 133,304,000 118,792,000 124,995,000 120,850,000 143,527,000 118,078,000             10,731,000 41,132,000 59,459,000 76,452,000 -355,103,000 42,841,000 11,328,000 41,387,000 45,187,000 42,471,000 -28,658,000 35,882,000 44,858,000 28,838,000  34,523,000                          
      earnings per share (“eps”) attributable to equinix:
                                                                                      
      earnings per share ("eps") attributable to equinix:
                                                                                      
      income tax benefit
                   -8,635,000    18,527,000                 -13,393,000    10,633,000   -7,485,000    2,014,000    10,612,000                -10,967,000               
      acquisition costs
                               2,774,000 2,471,000 481,000 -1,120,000 30,413,000 4,639,000 7,125,000 2,083,000 26,402,000 3,025,000 -440,000 12,505,000 15,594,000 36,536,000 17,349,000 13,352,000 9,866,000 1,156,000 1,926,000 -281,000 676,000 185,000 4,229,000 438,000 2,526,000 3,662,000 1,939,000 4,542,000 1,919,000 1,027,000 805,000 699,000 1,615,000 415,000 380,000 1,114,000 5,849,000 4,994,000 3,776,000 1,379,000                
      earnings per share
                                                                                      
      cash dividends declared per common share
                                 2.28 2.28 2.28 2.28                                               
      gains on asset sales
                                         -8,296,750 -27,945,000  -5,242,000                                          
      income from continuing operations
                                     144,242,750 224,863,000 184,895,000 167,213,000 108,571,000 169,941,000 151,655,000 112,688,000           112,177,000 108,564,000 102,042,000 95,869,000                            
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                     94,153,000 82,094,000 55,130,000 55,455,000 83,158,000 71,547,000 53,114,000 -47,960,000         47,340,000 55,150,000 -38,741,000 48,521,000 51,567,000 42,019,000                            
      net income from continuing operations
                                     65,215,000 79,900,000 45,805,000 42,062,000 63,664,000 48,769,000 39,302,000 -37,327,000         45,373,000 42,753,000 -28,129,000 36,323,000 34,273,000 28,521,000                            
      net income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                         -1,914,000 2,681,000 5,409,000 6,216,000                                          
      basic eps from continuing operations
                                     0.83 1.02 0.59 0.58 0.9 0.69 0.56 -0.55         0.92 0.86 -0.58 0.73 0.68 0.58                            
      basic eps from discontinued operations
                                         -0.03 0.04 0.08 0.09             0.24 0.02                            
      weighted-average shares
                                 79,779    76,854 78,055 77,923 72,773 70,117 71,190 69,729 68,132 57,790 57,082 56,935 56,661 52,359 53,137 51,332 49,598 49,438 49,555 49,379 49,029 48,004 48,361 48,016 46,955 46,956 47,202 46,924 46,451 43,742 45,745 43,507 39,562 38,488 38,787 38,152 37,861 36,774 36,972 36,572 36,277 32,136 31,683 31,126 29,702 28,551 28,743 28,468 27,848  
      diluted eps from continuing operations
                                     0.545 1.02 0.58 0.57 0.18 0.68 0.56 -0.55         0.9 0.83 -0.58 0.71 0.66 0.57                            
      diluted eps from discontinued operations
                                         0.05 0.04 0.08 0.09             0.23 0.01                            
      income from operations before income taxes
                                             8,678,000 52,712,000 66,944,000 82,664,000 34,127,750 73,542,000 8,065,000 54,904,000                                  
      net loss attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests
                                                  -120,000 1,249,000 50,000           -3,000                       
      restructuring charge
                                                     -1,209,250  -4,837,000                        407,000       
      net income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests
                                                     -313,000 -282,000 -529,000 -441,000 -460,750 -362,000 -1,193,000 -288,000 -80,750 -320,000                        
      net income from discontinued operations
                                                         6,000 679,000                            
      net income attributable to equinix.
                                                           36,447,000  19,048,500 20,319,000 30,730,000                       
      earnings per share attributable to equinix, after adjustments related to redeemable non-controlling interests
                                                                                      
      basic earnings per share
                                                            0.74 0.36 0.21 0.65 0.54 0.3 0.24 -0.05 0.36 0.45 0.49 0.46 0.41              
      diluted earnings per share
                                                            0.71 0.35 0.2 0.64 0.53 0.3 0.24 -0.05 0.35 0.43 0.47 0.44 0.4              
      other-than-temporary impairment recovery on investments
                                                                                      
      loss on debt extinguishment and interest rate swaps
                                                                 -5,356,000  -1,454,000 -3,377,000                  
      earnings per share attributable to equinix:
                                                                                      
      earnings per share:
                                                                                      
      other-than-temporary impairment recovery (loss) on investments
                                                                  206,000  3,420,000                  
      other-than-temporary impairment loss on investments
                                                                     -671,750                 
      loss on conversion and extinguishment of debt
                                                                             -1,487,250 -2,554,000        
      income taxes
                                                                         -100,000 -187,000 258,000 -471,000 293,000 -215,000 -197,000 -354,000 431,000 -270,000 -215,000 -385,000  
      basic net income per share:
                                                                                      
      net income per share
                                                                         0.103 0.2 0.06  0.008 0.13 0.04       
      diluted net income per share:
                                                                                      
      loss on conversion of debt
                                                                                -3,395,000      
      loss on debt extinguishment and conversion
                                                                                      
      basic net income per share
                                                                            0.15          
      diluted net income per share
                                                                            0.15          
      income before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                             412,750 4,339,000 1,414,000       
      net income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                             221,250 4,124,000 1,217,000       
      cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle for stock-based compensation
                                                                                    376,000  
      cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                    0.02  
      loss before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                -4,102,000 8,680,000 -4,898,000 -5,055,000 -5,061,000  
      net loss before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                -4,456,000 9,111,000 -5,168,000 -5,270,000 -5,446,000  
      basic and diluted net loss per share before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                -0.15 0.33 -0.18 -0.19 -0.2  
      basic and diluted net loss per share
                                                                                -0.15 0.33 -0.18 -0.19 -0.18  
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        assets
                                                                                        
        current assets:
                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,362,000,000 1,727,000,000 2,077,000,000 3,660,000,000 2,950,000,000 3,081,000,000 2,776,000,000 1,993,000,000 1,527,000,000 2,095,712,000 2,357,497,000 2,342,177,000 2,642,578,000 1,906,421,000 2,500,816,000 1,891,311,000 1,695,305,000 1,536,358,000 1,379,100,000 1,799,727,000 1,752,990,000 1,604,869,000 2,645,045,000 4,785,050,000 1,171,339,000 1,869,577,000 1,402,400,000 1,613,529,000 1,633,844,000 606,166,000 870,486,000 966,308,000 2,023,808,000 1,412,517,000 1,599,988,000 1,063,777,000 4,923,259,000 748,476,000 987,915,000 483,160,000 633,758,000 2,228,838,000 335,469,000 336,133,000 536,709,000 610,917,000 354,181,000 408,334,000 495,174,000 261,894,000 399,742,000 517,496,000 685,019,000 252,213,000 239,687,000 654,096,000 632,944,000 278,823,000 370,523,000 297,872,000 304,466,000 442,841,000 389,149,000 511,342,000 1,039,302,000 346,056,000 283,147,000 405,217,000 222,049,000 220,207,000 160,685,000 151,127,000 260,834,000 290,633,000 343,452,000 234,598,000 327,660,000 82,563,000 84,639,000 77,300,000 81,125,000 119,267,000 
        short-term investments
      1,692,000,000 1,500,000,000 854,000,000 872,000,000 723,000,000 527,000,000 451,000,000              4,229,000 4,532,000 14,186,000 22,069,000 25,833,000 10,362,000 19,567,000 17,219,000 13,833,000 4,540,000 15,415,000 18,199,000 27,033,000 28,271,000 29,572,000 4,242,000 14,742,000 3,409,000 443,000 3,328,000 12,353,000 12,875,000  95,397,000 522,343,000 529,395,000 130,859,000 207,325,000 322,374,000 369,808,000 346,038,000 323,460,000 233,289,000 166,492,000 164,787,000 115,465,000 283,910,000 635,721,000 700,246,000 94,246,000 150,040,000 147,192,000 322,979,000 206,111,000 140,611,000 248,508,000 326,234,000 175,854,000 29,720,000 42,112,000 101,892,000 64,980,000 37,694,000 63,301,000 64,005,000 67,728,000 53,758,000 48,831,000 61,322,000 53,524,000 62,651,000 52,105,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,108,000,000 1,001,000,000 1,144,000,000 1,137,000,000 1,089,000,000 949,000,000 1,123,000,000 1,124,000,000 1,079,000,000 1,003,792,000 1,030,694,000 1,006,116,000 913,413,000 855,380,000 778,858,000 812,769,000 780,404,000 681,809,000 792,101,000 726,382,000 684,642,000 676,738,000 705,509,000 691,589,000 687,153,000 689,134,000 746,571,000 752,680,000 703,835,000 630,119,000 662,401,000 616,472,000 645,468,000 576,313,000 597,242,000 545,734,000 429,990,000 396,245,000 377,528,000 346,994,000 326,440,000 291,964,000 293,125,000 293,855,000 277,900,000 262,570,000 275,264,000 237,831,000 213,560,000 184,840,000 199,644,000 201,336,000 185,163,000 163,840,000 181,973,000 169,812,000 158,561,000 139,057,000 144,185,000 140,316,000 114,207,000 116,358,000 115,616,000 106,255,000 69,722,000 64,767,000 67,589,000 67,312,000 60,022,000 66,029,000 62,376,000 63,105,000 59,156,000 60,089,000 49,176,000 28,140,000 27,773,000 26,864,000 24,129,000 23,347,000 18,470,000 17,237,000 
        other current assets
      1,184,000,000 897,000,000 891,000,000 881,000,000 743,000,000 890,000,000 705,000,000 612,000,000 561,000,000 468,193,000 497,189,000 395,723,000 437,155,000 459,138,000 656,865,000 514,313,000 471,894,000 462,739,000 492,832,000 394,880,000 407,856,000 323,016,000 384,364,000 330,521,000 435,784,000 303,543,000 305,246,000 251,451,000 274,259,000 274,857,000 258,685,000 249,846,000 247,175,000 232,027,000 217,006,000 235,871,000 206,026,000 304,331,000 172,370,000 233,870,000 236,466,000 212,929,000 120,004,000 81,730,000 102,592,000 88,061,000 97,407,000 101,044,000 54,910,000 72,118,000 59,350,000 55,317,000 58,908,000 57,206,000 69,748,000 70,219,000 98,608,000 182,156,000 115,344,000 116,654,000 126,277,000 32,961,000 64,067,000 64,527,000 64,014,000 21,734,000 21,961,000 22,081,000 18,231,000 15,227,000             
        total current assets
      5,346,000,000 5,125,000,000 4,966,000,000 6,550,000,000 5,505,000,000 5,447,000,000 5,055,000,000 3,729,000,000 3,167,000,000 3,567,697,000 3,885,380,000 3,744,016,000 3,993,146,000 3,305,255,000 4,017,055,000 3,289,947,000 3,062,796,000 2,957,101,000 2,899,363,000 3,148,062,000 2,849,717,000 2,609,155,000 4,044,028,000 5,981,417,000 2,320,109,000 2,872,616,000 2,853,257,000 2,988,501,000 2,625,771,000 1,515,682,000 1,806,987,000 1,850,825,000 2,943,484,000 2,249,128,000 2,443,808,000 1,849,624,000 5,574,017,000 1,467,526,000 1,660,484,000 2,095,429,000 2,168,341,000 3,259,280,000 1,242,023,000 1,330,118,000 1,439,544,000 1,490,943,000 857,711,000 954,534,000 1,086,018,000 888,660,000 1,004,774,000 1,097,609,000 2,005,857,000 639,751,000 725,186,000 1,009,592,000 1,174,023,000 1,235,757,000 1,330,298,000 649,088,000 694,990,000 778,048,000 891,811,000 888,235,000 1,313,649,000 727,887,000 714,094,000 689,460,000 357,085,000 379,511,000 342,654,000 293,726,000 374,207,000 426,761,000 483,122,000 340,065,000 418,758,000 166,261,000 176,080,000 159,737,000 166,921,000 191,712,000 
        property, plant and equipment
      24,169,000,000 23,584,000,000 21,897,000,000 21,207,000,000 20,017,000,000 19,249,000,000 19,665,000,000 18,614,000,000 18,511,000,000 18,600,833,000 17,370,577,000 17,267,282,000 16,913,734,000 16,649,534,000 15,140,597,000 15,455,180,000 15,512,991,000 15,445,775,000 15,307,049,000 15,143,898,000 14,768,661,000 14,503,084,000 13,110,554,000 12,663,827,000 12,177,044,000 12,152,597,000 11,229,197,000 10,992,740,000 10,898,210,000 11,026,020,000 10,682,826,000 10,378,915,000 9,696,692,000 9,394,602,000 9,006,171,000 8,746,595,000 7,605,829,000 7,199,210,000 7,251,399,000 6,958,794,000 6,888,232,000 5,606,436,000 5,218,595,000 5,184,800,000 4,990,883,000 4,998,270,000 4,983,376,000 4,924,162,000 4,766,297,000 4,591,650,000 4,381,020,000 4,103,344,000 3,890,190,000 3,918,999,000 3,791,063,000 3,525,839,000 3,387,369,000 3,225,912,000 3,122,094,000 3,085,202,000 2,881,126,000 2,650,953,000 2,582,890,000 2,400,809,000 1,874,325,000 1,808,115,000 1,703,009,000 1,590,756,000 1,512,908,000 1,488,402,000             
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      1,345,000,000 1,392,000,000 1,439,000,000 1,481,000,000 1,477,000,000 1,419,000,000 1,487,000,000 1,379,000,000 1,395,000,000 1,448,890,000 1,516,011,000 1,529,064,000 1,403,716,000 1,427,950,000 1,377,195,000 1,453,233,000 1,234,257,000 1,282,418,000 1,325,872,000 1,371,794,000 1,405,835,000 1,475,057,000 1,436,337,000 1,396,101,000 1,414,711,000 1,475,367,000 1,483,491,000 1,468,378,000 1,457,822,000                                                      
        goodwill
      5,931,000,000 5,984,000,000 5,945,000,000 5,982,000,000 5,633,000,000 5,504,000,000 5,768,000,000 5,622,000,000 5,621,000,000 5,737,122,000 5,589,124,000 5,732,010,000 5,712,063,000 5,654,217,000 5,393,708,000 5,585,330,000 5,316,079,000 5,372,071,000 5,401,744,000 5,411,123,000 5,387,601,000 5,472,553,000 5,125,230,000 5,016,350,000 4,927,459,000 4,781,858,000 4,648,913,000 4,768,880,000 4,808,085,000 4,836,388,000 4,852,549,000 4,870,300,000 4,485,155,000 4,411,762,000 4,226,490,000 4,225,553,000 3,053,026,000 2,986,064,000 3,118,686,000 3,190,197,000 3,336,968,000 1,063,200,000 983,530,000 1,007,739,000 984,436,000 1,002,129,000 1,024,555,000 1,058,363,000 1,047,578,000 1,042,153,000 1,036,179,000 1,012,102,000 1,018,777,000 1,042,564,000 1,043,284,000 863,187,000 879,914,000 866,495,000 867,280,000 897,461,000 789,876,000 774,365,000 778,258,000 760,087,000 359,319,000 381,050,000 377,556,000 382,112,000 335,259,000 342,829,000 411,108,000 458,849,000 461,347,000 442,926,000 430,277,000 16,914,000 17,109,000 16,919,000 22,710,000 22,660,000 22,277,000 21,654,000 
        intangible assets
      1,258,000,000 1,316,000,000 1,331,000,000 1,389,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,417,000,000 1,544,000,000 1,573,000,000 1,624,000,000 1,704,870,000 1,730,538,000 1,807,485,000 1,859,655,000 1,897,649,000 1,892,781,000 1,982,434,000 1,877,541,000 1,935,267,000 1,994,023,000 2,047,515,000 2,092,253,000 2,170,945,000 2,047,122,000 2,074,689,000 2,108,539,000 2,102,389,000 2,127,843,000 2,204,405,000 2,243,106,000 2,333,296,000 2,383,377,000 2,440,087,000 2,356,608,000 2,384,972,000 2,335,175,000 2,382,230,000 710,706,000 719,231,000 803,260,000 788,955,000 867,536,000 224,565,000 123,454,000 131,383,000 136,010,000 147,527,000 157,475,000 170,130,000 176,914,000 184,182,000 182,345,000 184,740,000 191,935,000 201,562,000 200,648,000 138,199,000 145,350,000 148,635,000 153,505,000 163,771,000 148,874,000 150,945,000 155,601,000 157,340,000 46,661,000 51,015,000 52,062,000 54,619,000 49,378,000 50,918,000 62,351,000 71,532,000 73,052,000 67,207,000 70,191,000        
        other assets
      2,849,000,000 2,740,000,000 2,482,000,000 2,240,000,000 2,059,000,000 2,049,000,000 1,919,000,000 1,937,000,000 1,619,000,000 1,591,312,000 1,592,972,000 1,487,088,000 1,391,884,000 1,376,137,000 1,504,530,000 1,272,090,000 1,019,569,000 926,066,000 846,080,000 807,970,000 812,923,000 776,047,000 673,443,000 660,246,000 642,836,000 580,788,000 499,632,000 463,601,000 458,097,000 533,252,000 562,332,000 525,961,000 447,816,000 241,750,000 285,967,000 263,546,000 234,645,000 226,298,000 248,692,000 227,976,000 230,789,000 188,458,000 123,523,000 157,415,000 166,130,000 178,125,000 422,808,000 443,732,000 429,615,000 387,324,000 342,531,000 304,083,000 212,423,000 202,269,000 115,427,000 134,411,000 131,252,000 146,724,000 158,091,000 142,709,000 135,502,000 73,937,000 69,108,000 71,240,000 68,589,000 55,109,000 53,858,000 60,787,000 48,632,000 58,914,000 42,855,000 47,645,000 46,535,000 30,955,000 26,517,000 22,054,000 20,755,000 14,164,000 8,843,000 9,237,000 9,668,000 8,283,000 
        total assets
      40,898,000,000 40,141,000,000 38,060,000,000 38,849,000,000 36,079,000,000 35,085,000,000 35,438,000,000 32,854,000,000 31,937,000,000 32,650,724,000 31,684,602,000 31,566,945,000 31,274,198,000 30,310,742,000 29,325,866,000 29,038,214,000 28,023,233,000 27,918,698,000 27,774,131,000 27,930,362,000 27,316,990,000 27,006,841,000 26,436,714,000 27,792,630,000 23,590,698,000 23,965,615,000 22,842,333,000 22,886,505,000 22,491,091,000 20,244,638,000 20,288,071,000 20,070,288,000 19,941,928,000 18,691,457,000 18,308,496,000 17,473,937,000 17,184,684,000 12,608,371,000 13,097,557,000 13,269,045,000 13,495,835,000 10,356,695,000 7,705,666,000 7,826,018,000 7,727,694,000 7,817,433,000 7,462,000,000 7,639,611,000 7,730,598,000 7,492,359,000 7,389,044,000 7,077,849,000 7,612,933,000 6,132,964,000 5,990,970,000 5,724,688,000 5,884,345,000 5,785,324,000 5,730,687,000 4,969,191,000 4,652,513,000 4,448,009,000 4,480,891,000 4,282,208,000 3,667,768,000 3,038,150,000 2,962,578,000 2,843,365,000 2,416,989,000 2,448,266,000 2,291,935,000 2,330,982,000 2,286,787,000 2,181,868,000 2,130,566,000 1,175,451,000 1,073,682,000 771,832,000 730,620,000 683,173,000 669,416,000 680,997,000 
        liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        current liabilities:
                                                                                        
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      1,321,000,000 1,350,000,000 1,275,000,000 1,213,000,000 1,105,000,000 1,193,000,000 1,125,000,000 1,139,000,000 1,077,000,000 1,186,618,000 1,058,235,000 1,023,031,000 933,290,000 1,004,800,000 922,545,000 841,473,000 811,157,000 879,144,000 844,056,000 767,963,000 742,300,000 844,862,000 822,062,000 745,517,000 717,574,000 760,718,000 755,150,000 768,670,000 746,771,000 756,692,000 739,117,000 710,584,000 686,612,000 719,257,000 657,229,000 612,593,000 515,959,000 581,739,000 534,602,000 498,212,000 475,343,000 400,948,000 340,366,000 315,554,000 321,942,000 285,796,000 303,669,000 260,121,000 293,295,000 263,223,000 299,135,000 258,027,000 248,395,000 268,853,000 244,712,000 224,989,000 194,516,000 229,043,000 181,093,000 189,739,000 133,536,000 145,854,000 134,091,000 138,725,000 113,018,000 99,053,000 104,288,000 88,454,000 78,987,000 74,317,000 71,234,000 74,722,000 70,230,000 65,096,000 94,339,000 35,425,000 24,612,000 27,269,000 23,007,000 23,582,000 21,185,000 22,557,000 
        accrued property, plant and equipment
      703,000,000 564,000,000 482,000,000 378,000,000 422,000,000 387,000,000 394,000,000 420,000,000 321,000,000 398,216,000 363,549,000 316,090,000 287,911,000 281,347,000 275,348,000 244,267,000 236,608,000 187,334,000 347,003,000 304,333,000 351,634,000 301,155,000 363,869,000 335,013,000 317,144,000 301,535,000 335,490,000 344,693,000 263,141,000 179,412,000 276,314,000 269,409,000 257,813,000 220,367,000 205,444,000 192,381,000 190,176,000 144,842,000 185,683,000 163,388,000 124,684,000 103,107,000 131,607,000 128,193,000 123,659,000 114,469,000 138,956,000 83,796,000 80,516,000 64,601,000 91,468,000 101,015,000 64,643,000 63,509,000 141,025,000 119,703,000 125,250,000 93,224,000 90,181,000 90,652,000 125,579,000 91,667,000 97,012,000 85,350,000 98,993,000 109,876,000 64,598,000 59,773,000 53,336,000 89,518,000             
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
      161,000,000 155,000,000 159,000,000 158,000,000 150,000,000 144,000,000 149,000,000 141,000,000 136,000,000 130,745,000 135,636,000 139,661,000 141,558,000 139,538,000 136,848,000 140,667,000 146,239,000 144,029,000 150,490,000 149,103,000 147,164,000 154,207,000 143,429,000 139,833,000 140,596,000 145,606,000 137,002,000 140,733,000 132,162,000                                                      
        current portion of finance lease liabilities
      173,000,000 168,000,000 157,000,000 211,000,000 201,000,000 189,000,000 202,000,000 133,000,000 165,000,000 138,657,000 133,360,000 151,554,000 155,447,000 151,420,000 140,010,000 144,100,000 148,411,000 147,841,000 148,522,000 148,320,000 149,388,000 137,683,000 113,371,000 102,416,000 89,262,000 75,239,000 65,518,000 61,094,000 56,024,000                                                      
        current portion of mortgage and loans payable
      16,000,000 17,000,000 17,000,000 14,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 7,705,000 8,211,000 8,419,000 9,869,000 9,847,000 9,810,000 34,086,000 31,993,000 33,087,000 67,571,000 42,580,000 79,902,000 82,289,000 78,273,000 75,589,000 74,473,000 77,603,000 70,789,000 72,795,000 72,796,000 73,129,000 73,288,000 75,224,000 79,699,000 64,491,000 84,455,000 83,022,000 80,799,000 67,928,000 518,985,000 511,331,000 487,065,000 770,236,000 55,024,000 59,041,000 54,939,000 59,466,000 57,767,000 54,470,000 54,122,000 53,508,000            19,978,000 22,480,000 21,968,000 56,225,000 58,912,000 53,101,000 52,113,000 51,929,000 52,054,000 41,486,000 37,089,000 28,319,000 16,581,000 3,162,000        
        current portion of senior notes
      1,876,000,000 1,299,000,000 699,000,000 1,899,000,000 1,199,000,000 1,199,000,000 2,198,000,000 999,000,000 999,000,000 998,580,000           150,003,000 150,186,000 2,043,994,000 2,227,768,000 300,401,000 643,224,000 300,466,000 300,929,000 300,488,000 300,999,000 150,557,000 150,828,000                     750,000,000                              
        other current liabilities
      288,000,000 340,000,000 280,000,000 368,000,000 245,000,000 232,000,000 297,000,000 230,000,000 186,000,000 301,729,000 194,700,000 215,473,000 226,077,000 251,346,000 211,428,000 204,351,000 232,606,000 214,519,000 223,494,000 271,072,000 213,189,000 354,368,000 231,185,000 229,635,000 199,023,000 153,938,000 119,976,000 142,461,000 113,969,000 126,995,000 123,824,000 142,312,000 144,965,000 159,914,000 149,295,000 140,502,000 133,932,000 133,140,000 149,516,000 142,113,000 171,925,000 192,286,000 118,744,000 138,332,000 141,996,000 162,664,000 147,676,000 146,551,000 149,343,000 147,958,000 134,458,000 122,871,000 139,018,000 139,561,000 69,488,000 60,698,000 61,521,000 57,690,000 55,687,000 59,006,000 55,574,000 52,628,000 49,818,000 45,531,000 41,381,000 41,166,000 51,827,000 46,259,000 47,247,000 50,455,000 33,583,000 34,445,000 32,619,000 25,500,000 22,142,000 11,903,000 10,841,000 10,151,000 8,517,000 7,238,000 7,114,000 7,972,000 
        total current liabilities
      4,538,000,000 3,893,000,000 3,069,000,000 4,241,000,000 3,327,000,000 3,349,000,000 4,370,000,000 3,068,000,000 2,891,000,000 3,162,250,000 1,893,691,000 1,854,228,000 1,754,152,000 1,838,298,000 1,695,989,000 1,608,944,000 1,607,014,000 1,605,954,000 1,781,136,000 1,683,371,000 1,833,580,000 2,024,750,000 3,796,183,000 3,855,771,000 1,838,473,000 2,157,863,000 1,836,483,000 1,884,405,000 1,685,351,000 1,515,071,000 1,461,319,000 1,433,620,000 1,246,475,000 1,242,734,000 1,156,624,000 1,091,435,000 1,020,068,000 1,028,695,000 1,495,566,000 1,559,779,000 1,580,195,000 1,656,354,000 1,464,114,000 817,732,000 666,355,000 643,757,000 668,200,000 563,315,000 595,156,000 546,504,000 582,225,000 607,535,000 1,265,710,000 539,289,000 612,459,000 491,159,000 718,083,000 725,254,000 656,156,000 620,451,000 343,274,000 318,115,000 311,025,000 299,569,000 316,107,000 315,459,000 280,161,000 252,635,000 256,324,000 289,993,000 239,076,000 235,573,000 244,899,000 191,462,000 198,019,000 136,716,000 93,275,000 78,353,000 107,161,000 69,380,000 62,589,000 91,423,000 
        operating lease liabilities, less current portion
      1,256,000,000 1,304,000,000 1,334,000,000 1,378,000,000 1,380,000,000 1,331,000,000 1,366,000,000 1,265,000,000 1,280,000,000 1,331,333,000 1,399,852,000 1,403,269,000 1,240,071,000 1,272,812,000 1,227,543,000 1,291,447,000 1,060,078,000 1,107,180,000 1,147,490,000 1,191,676,000 1,252,566,000 1,308,627,000 1,279,930,000 1,243,362,000 1,261,964,000 1,315,656,000 1,333,901,000 1,324,527,000 1,316,522,000                                                      
        finance lease liabilities, less current portion
      2,126,000,000 2,187,000,000 2,140,000,000 2,169,000,000 2,155,000,000 2,086,000,000 2,193,000,000 2,095,000,000 2,058,000,000 2,122,484,000 2,121,382,000 2,136,159,000 2,105,130,000 2,143,690,000 1,902,060,000 1,985,498,000 2,027,228,000 1,989,668,000 1,986,266,000 2,000,006,000 1,912,507,000 1,784,816,000 1,680,510,000 1,658,432,000 1,489,945,000 1,430,882,000 1,301,482,000 1,140,676,000 1,166,234,000                                                      
        mortgage and loans payable, less current portion
      13,000,000 686,000,000 687,000,000 702,000,000 662,000,000 644,000,000 688,000,000 654,000,000 654,000,000 663,263,000 637,625,000 665,916,000 653,235,000 642,708,000 599,132,000 655,331,000 691,523,000 586,577,000 560,733,000 611,441,000 1,229,073,000 1,287,254,000 1,241,777,000 1,218,049,000 1,469,195,000 1,289,434,000 1,215,207,000 1,267,551,000 1,286,749,000 1,310,663,000 1,327,477,000 1,317,940,000 1,416,538,000 1,393,118,000 2,551,510,000 2,511,447,000 2,432,610,000 1,369,087,000 1,058,418,000 1,074,663,000 1,139,807,000 472,769,000 484,049,000 506,631,000 512,446,000 534,686,000 160,643,000 176,184,000 191,761,000 199,700,000            100,337,000 179,027,000 167,351,000 247,718,000 371,322,000 394,263,000 372,491,000 371,406,000 386,446,000 374,872,000 375,308,000 353,585,000 313,915,000 278,946,000        
        senior notes, less current portion
      17,715,000,000 16,910,000,000 15,789,000,000 15,320,000,000 13,898,000,000 13,363,000,000 12,387,000,000 12,682,000,000 11,978,000,000 12,062,346,000  12,672,826,000 12,707,851,000 12,109,539,000 12,008,125,000 12,077,756,000 10,953,832,000 10,984,144,000 11,000,669,000 11,027,243,000 9,685,361,000 9,018,277,000 7,160,735,000 8,804,633,000 8,253,745,000 8,309,673,000 7,835,317,000 7,959,467,000 8,067,385,000 8,128,785,000 8,318,782,000 8,334,383,000                     2,250,000,000                              
        other liabilities
      930,000,000 983,000,000 861,000,000 932,000,000 744,000,000 760,000,000 822,000,000 787,000,000 752,000,000 795,549,000 775,271,000 785,547,000 784,900,000 797,863,000 738,924,000 789,644,000 740,748,000 763,411,000 729,264,000 770,153,000 827,228,000 948,999,000 721,613,000 624,125,000 608,082,000 621,725,000 558,912,000 560,650,000 544,062,000 629,763,000 634,060,000 633,450,000 608,156,000 661,710,000 728,681,000 715,679,000 645,409,000 623,248,000 664,076,000 606,518,000 598,416,000 390,413,000 349,821,000 331,319,000 311,718,000 304,964,000 290,364,000 302,753,000 284,108,000 274,955,000 263,352,000 245,768,000 197,966,000 230,843,000 174,327,000 282,350,000 291,060,000 286,424,000 253,300,000 238,684,000 225,987,000 125,043,000 214,442,000 203,017,000 115,101,000 120,603,000 111,177,000 103,954,000 113,174,000 100,095,000             
        total liabilities
      26,578,000,000 25,963,000,000 23,880,000,000 24,742,000,000 22,166,000,000 21,533,000,000 21,826,000,000 20,551,000,000 19,613,000,000 20,137,225,000 19,773,043,000 19,517,945,000 19,245,339,000 18,804,910,000 18,171,773,000 18,408,620,000 17,080,423,000 17,036,934,000 17,205,558,000 17,283,890,000 16,740,315,000 16,372,723,000 15,880,748,000 17,404,372,000 14,921,404,000 15,125,233,000 14,081,302,000 14,137,276,000 14,066,303,000 13,025,359,000 13,127,898,000 13,145,761,000 12,801,377,000 11,841,667,000 11,766,279,000 10,950,274,000 10,666,845,000 8,242,542,000 8,473,847,000 8,563,580,000 8,676,730,000 7,611,309,000 6,217,013,000 5,623,428,000 5,565,965,000 5,547,302,000 4,864,320,000 4,729,396,000 5,086,633,000 4,909,393,000 4,834,989,000 4,669,360,000 5,173,781,000 3,713,513,000 3,679,130,000 3,581,213,000 3,754,795,000 3,765,511,000 3,639,808,000 2,835,942,000 2,665,116,000 2,567,494,000 2,626,918,000 2,532,011,000 2,480,281,000 1,855,667,000 1,828,144,000 1,750,743,000 1,483,793,000 1,555,551,000 1,454,685,000 1,452,309,000 1,443,657,000 1,367,436,000 1,315,889,000 732,777,000 648,559,000 416,804,000 403,036,000 366,046,000 362,516,000 392,324,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                        
        redeemable non-controlling interest
      25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000                                                                       
        common stockholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        common stock, 0.001 par value per share...
               95,000 94,000 94,000 94,000 93,000 93,000 91,000 91,000 91,000 90,000 90,000 90,000 89,000 89,000 89,000 86,000 86,000 86,000 85,000 84,000 81,000 81,000 80,000 80,000 79,000 79,000 78,000 78,000 72,000    62,000    57,000    50,000    49,000    48,000    46,000    39,000    38,000    37,000    29,000    27,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      21,858,000,000 21,642,000,000 21,503,000,000 21,324,000,000 21,186,000,000 20,895,000,000 20,069,000,000 18,915,000,000 18,779,000,000 18,595,664,000 18,051,150,000 17,909,043,000 17,795,701,000 17,320,017,000 17,193,805,000 16,259,311,000 16,145,424,000 15,984,597,000 15,488,848,000 15,360,726,000 15,166,407,000 15,028,357,000 14,950,522,000 14,651,944,000 12,893,455,000 12,696,433,000 12,635,450,000 12,450,614,000 12,043,056,000 10,751,313,000 10,592,960,000 10,253,155,000 10,193,030,000 10,121,323,000 9,718,580,000 9,648,817,000 9,601,627,000 7,413,519,000 7,371,024,000 7,307,575,000 6,973,460,000 4,838,444,000 3,467,143,000 3,418,223,000 3,383,079,000 3,334,305,000 2,870,752,000 2,797,186,000 2,743,244,000 2,693,887,000 2,692,210,000 2,651,396,000 2,627,334,000 2,583,371,000 2,539,235,000 2,444,640,000 2,490,401,000 2,437,623,000 2,417,781,000 2,399,055,000 2,372,660,000 2,341,586,000 2,320,107,000 2,288,816,000 1,691,726,000 1,665,662,000 1,636,984,000 1,608,618,000 1,540,583,000 1,472,571,000 1,445,363,000 1,425,778,000 1,396,525,000 1,376,915,000 1,356,427,000 995,555,000 978,607,000 904,573,000 887,319,000 871,999,000 857,040,000 839,497,000 
        treasury stock
      -24,000,000 -24,000,000 -24,000,000 -30,000,000 -32,000,000 -39,000,000 -40,000,000 -48,000,000 -50,000,000 -56,117,000 -57,199,000 -63,973,000 -65,988,000 -71,966,000 -92,845,000 -98,792,000 -107,949,000 -112,208,000 -112,696,000 -117,270,000 -117,786,000 -122,118,000 -122,686,000 -127,042,000 -127,298,000 -144,256,000 -144,301,000 -144,725,000 -144,801,000 -145,161,000 -145,216,000 -145,632,000 -145,695,000 -146,320,000 -146,369,000 -146,982,000 -146,936,000 -147,559,000 -147,617,000 -148,246,000 -6,635,000 -7,373,000 -9,913,000 -10,646,000 -10,687,000 -11,411,000 -94,759,000 -52,938,000 -131,408,000 -84,663,000 -35,903,000 -36,284,000 -36,309,000 -36,676,000 -36,706,000 -37,166,000 -99,031,000 -86,666,000                         
        accumulated dividends
      -12,707,000,000 -12,202,000,000 -11,737,000,000 -11,271,000,000 -10,798,000,000 -10,342,000,000 -9,921,000,000 -9,514,000,000 -9,097,000,000 -8,694,647,000 -8,287,599,000 -7,963,253,000 -7,639,195,000 -7,317,570,000 -7,026,832,000 -6,736,338,000 -6,449,713,000 -6,165,140,000 -5,902,937,000 -5,640,963,000 -5,379,693,000 -5,119,274,000 -4,879,618,000 -4,639,041,000 -4,399,527,000 -4,168,469,000 -3,956,318,000 -3,743,869,000 -3,532,915,000 -3,331,200,000 -3,145,430,000 -2,960,183,000 -2,776,178,000 -2,592,792,000 -2,433,600,000 -2,274,503,000 -2,115,963,000 -1,969,645,000 -1,842,834,000 -1,715,533,000 -1,591,908,000 -1,468,472,000 -1,361,675,000 -621,792,000 -523,146,000 -424,387,000                                     
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -1,343,000,000 -1,359,000,000 -1,419,000,000 -1,399,000,000 -1,559,000,000 -1,735,000,000 -1,283,000,000 -1,541,000,000 -1,498,000,000 -1,290,117,000 -1,526,010,000 -1,288,456,000 -1,285,188,000 -1,389,446,000 -1,755,917,000 -1,418,756,000 -1,052,914,000 -1,085,751,000 -1,041,761,000 -941,114,000 -1,008,848,000 -913,368,000 -1,101,801,000 -1,140,291,000 -1,206,669,000 -934,613,000 -1,040,236,000 -958,443,000 -942,365,000 -945,702,000 -922,148,000 -877,994,000 -718,169,000 -785,189,000 -783,947,000 -811,321,000 -882,736,000 -949,142,000 -713,769,000 -643,786,000 -416,554,000 -509,059,000 -488,012,000 -423,173,000 -468,036,000 -332,443,000 -237,480,000 -77,514,000 -99,825,000 -113,767,000 -121,731,000 -200,082,000 -174,267,000 -101,042,000 -113,642,000 -155,777,000 -110,367,000 -143,698,000 -120,416,000 -41,679,000 -61,356,000 -112,018,000 -103,321,000 -164,610,000 -132,498,000 -97,238,000 -98,887,000 -93,521,000 -167,471,000  -64,557,000 3,840,000 -221,000          
        retained earnings
      6,514,000,000 6,099,000,000 5,834,000,000 5,460,000,000 5,092,000,000 4,749,000,000 4,763,000,000 4,466,000,000 4,165,000,000 3,934,016,000 3,706,448,000 3,430,654,000 3,223,624,000 2,964,838,000 2,836,075,000 2,624,268,000 2,407,946,000 2,260,493,000 2,137,219,000 1,985,003,000 1,916,664,000 1,760,302,000 1,709,308,000 1,642,621,000 1,509,317,000 1,391,425,000 1,266,430,000 1,145,580,000 1,002,053,000 889,948,000 779,926,000 655,101,000 587,483,000 252,689,000 187,474,000 107,574,000 61,769,000 18,584,000         59,113,000 16,272,000 4,944,000                                  
        total common stockholders' equity
      14,298,000,000 14,156,000,000 14,157,000,000 14,084,000,000 13,889,000,000 13,528,000,000 13,588,000,000   12,488,894,000                                                                         
        non-controlling interests
      -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000   -395,000 -325,000 -109,000 -189,000 -134,000 -286,000 -190,000 -75,000 -318,000 -190,000  -159,000 130,000 152,000 -22,000 -70,000 -224,000 -80,000 -13,000 -324,000                                                      
        total stockholders’ equity
      14,295,000,000  14,155,000,000 14,082,000,000 13,888,000,000  13,587,000,000 12,278,000,000 12,299,000,000  11,886,559,000 12,024,000,000                           4,623,710,000 4,705,465,000 4,819,105,000  1,488,653,000 2,202,590,000 2,161,729,000 2,270,131,000 2,597,680,000 2,683,059,000 2,517,006,000 2,459,064,000 2,452,996,000 2,311,875,000 2,342,261,000 2,335,273,000 2,233,649,000 2,067,621,000 2,060,479,000 1,952,212,000 2,024,507,000 2,064,199,000 1,987,397,000 1,880,515,000 1,853,973,000 1,750,197,000 1,187,487,000 1,182,483,000 1,134,434,000 1,092,622,000 933,196,000 892,715,000 837,250,000 878,673,000 843,130,000 814,432,000 814,677,000 442,674,000 425,123,000 355,028,000 327,584,000 317,127,000 306,900,000 288,673,000 
        total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders’ equity
      40,898,000,000  38,060,000,000 38,849,000,000 36,079,000,000  35,438,000,000 32,854,000,000 31,937,000,000  31,684,602,000 31,566,945,000                                                                       
        liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders' equity
                                                                                        
        common stockholders' equity
                                                                                        
        total stockholders' equity
       14,153,000,000    13,527,000,000    12,488,499,000   12,028,859,000 11,505,832,000 11,154,093,000 10,629,594,000 10,942,810,000 10,881,764,000 10,568,573,000 10,646,472,000 10,576,675,000 10,634,118,000 10,555,966,000 10,388,258,000 8,669,294,000 8,840,382,000 8,761,031,000 8,749,229,000 8,424,788,000 7,219,279,000 7,160,173,000 6,924,527,000 7,140,551,000 6,849,790,000 6,542,217,000 6,523,663,000 6,517,839,000 4,365,829,000    2,745,386,000                                         
        total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and stockholders' equity
       40,141,000,000    35,085,000,000    32,650,724,000                                                                         
        assets held for sale
                   84,316,000 80,516,000 71,554,000 115,193,000 276,195,000 235,330,000 227,073,000   294,924,000 152,188,000   379,473,000 353,622,000           96,923,000 1,024,666,000 955,904,000 33,257,000                                         
        common stockholders' equity:
                                                                                        
        senior notes
                12,945,222,000                      7,900,611,000 6,923,849,000 5,717,276,000 5,047,426,000 5,045,449,000 3,810,770,000 3,809,332,000 3,807,816,000 3,806,167,000 3,804,634,000 2,720,448,000 2,750,000,000 2,750,000,000 2,750,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,250,000,000  1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,500,000,000 750,000,000 750,000,000 750,000,000 750,000,000 750,000,000 750,000,000                  
        equinix stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        total equinix stockholders' equity
                11,886,884,000 12,024,109,000 12,029,048,000 11,505,966,000 11,154,379,000 10,629,784,000 10,942,885,000 10,882,082,000 10,568,763,000 10,646,472,000 10,576,834,000 10,633,988,000 10,555,814,000 10,388,280,000 8,669,364,000 8,840,606,000 8,761,111,000 8,749,242,000 8,425,112,000                                                      
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                        
        equinix stockholders' equity:
                                                                                        
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                  31,274,198,000 30,310,742,000 29,325,866,000 29,038,214,000 28,023,233,000 27,918,698,000 27,774,131,000 27,930,362,000 27,316,990,000 27,006,841,000 26,436,714,000 27,792,630,000 23,590,698,000 23,965,615,000 22,842,333,000 22,886,505,000 22,491,091,000 20,244,638,000 20,288,071,000 20,070,288,000 19,941,928,000 18,691,457,000 18,308,496,000 17,473,937,000 17,184,684,000 12,608,371,000    10,356,695,000                                         
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value per share...
                                                                                        
        equinix stockholders' equity
                                                                                        
        liabilities held for sale
                                52,092,000 53,030,000           14,660,000 152,124,000 124,571,000 3,535,000                                         
        long-term investments
                                     4,200,000 12,173,000 9,243,000 10,885,000 6,389,000 6,461,000 10,042,000 15,036,000 7,694,000 3,969,000 4,584,000 4,077,000 4,039,000 10,691,000 439,000 16,075,000 88,690,000 224,176,000 398,390,000 442,195,000 375,971,000 293,751,000 127,819,000 115,362,000 53,460,000 166,437,000 161,801,000 99,419,000 30,960,000 2,145,000 2,806,000 3,223,000 4,497,000 5,225,000 9,803,000 18,061,000 22,299,000 32,206,000 45,626,000 67,622,000 108,642,000 26,998,000 29,966,000 28,905,000 21,640,000 10,981,000 25,087,000 20,385,000 17,115,000 18,447,000 17,483,000 
        current portion of capital lease and other financing obligations
                                   77,844,000 98,219,000 85,263,000 77,386,000 78,705,000 60,201,000 62,937,000 99,202,000 101,046,000 92,120,000 92,611,000 48,325,000 40,121,000 26,775,000 26,832,000 23,819,000 21,362,000 20,132,000 18,377,000 17,880,000 17,214,000 16,979,000 85,262,000 16,304,000 15,206,000 14,853,000 12,978,000 11,961,000 11,542,000 11,367,000 9,461,000 8,381,000 7,988,000 7,624,000 7,995,000 6,490,000 6,452,000 6,347,000 6,036,000 5,675,000 4,499,000 3,986,000 4,038,000 3,629,000 3,808,000 3,765,000 2,197,000 2,086,000 1,977,000 1,855,000 1,751,000 1,650,000 1,552,000 
        capital lease and other financing obligations, less current portion
                                   1,441,077,000 1,386,260,000 1,426,368,000 1,629,597,000 1,620,256,000 1,612,188,000 1,584,287,000 1,523,309,000 1,410,742,000 1,446,455,000 1,514,804,000 1,552,145,000 1,287,139,000 1,198,581,000 1,217,746,000 1,177,638,000 1,168,042,000 1,172,356,000 1,116,230,000 1,037,247,000 914,032,000 862,410,000 684,873,000 568,067,000 545,853,000 487,868,000 464,622,000 402,911,000 390,269,000 376,848,000 337,274,000 296,913,000 253,945,000 261,929,000 207,305,000 152,173,000 154,577,000 154,179,000 138,532,000 131,864,000 133,031,000 95,095,000 97,361,000 98,405,000 93,604,000 94,501,000 91,557,000 92,148,000 92,722,000 93,220,000 93,715,000 94,191,000 94,653,000 
        stockholders' equity:
                                                                                        
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        current portion of restricted cash
                                           15,065,000 25,305,000 3,411,000 3,420,000 479,417,000 493,425,000 523,003,000                                       
        convertible debt
                                                  147,808,000 145,853,000 322,757,000 320,914,000 728,361,000 724,202,000 720,215,000 716,265,000  708,726,000    694,769,000   922,325,000 916,337,000 910,495,000 904,769,000 899,182,000     645,986,000    678,236,000 678,236,000 282,250,000 282,250,000      
        stockholders’ equity:
                                                                                        
        common stock
                                            72,000 71,000 69,000  57,000 57,000 57,000  54,000 53,000 51,000  50,000 50,000 50,000  49,000 49,000 48,000  47,000 47,000 47,000  46,000 46,000 40,000  39,000 39,000 38,000  37,000 37,000 37,000  36,000 32,000 31,000  29,000 29,000 29,000  
        accumulated deficit
                                            -43,166,000 -94,616,000 -139,327,000 -108,216,000 -118,947,000 -160,079,000 -219,538,000 -295,990,000    -36,443,000 -81,630,000 -103,205,000 -74,547,000 -110,429,000 -155,287,000 -184,125,000 -220,572,000 -255,095,000 -272,905,000 -293,224,000 -323,954,000 -349,099,000 -362,859,000 -374,055,000 -371,781,000 -385,980,000 -403,702,000 -422,514,000 -439,954,000 -427,094,000 -543,593,000 -550,982,000 -553,211,000 -558,632,000 -552,559,000 -556,683,000 -557,900,000 -553,444,000 -562,555,000 -557,387,000 -552,117,000 -547,047,000 
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                            13,097,557,000 13,269,045,000 13,495,835,000  7,705,666,000 7,826,018,000 7,727,694,000                4,652,513,000 4,448,009,000 4,480,891,000 4,282,208,000 3,667,768,000 3,038,150,000 2,962,578,000 2,843,365,000 2,416,989,000 2,448,266,000 2,291,935,000 2,330,982,000 2,286,787,000 2,181,868,000 2,130,566,000 1,175,451,000 1,073,682,000 771,832,000 730,620,000 683,173,000 669,416,000 680,997,000 
        current portion of convertible debt
                                              148,282,000 146,121,000 151,535,000 149,780,000             249,474,000 246,315,000 243,176,000 240,134,000         19,150,000 19,150,000 32,250,000 32,250,000 32,250,000          
        restricted cash, less current portion
                                               10,172,000 10,464,000 10,524,000                                       
        convertible debt, less current portion
                                                          712,478,000  705,127,000 701,578,000 698,159,000  691,520,000 688,300,000      893,706,000 888,364,000 883,131,000 611,025,000  645,986,000 645,986,000 645,986,000          
        dividends payable
                                                640,063,000                                        
        liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                        
        redeemable non-controlling interests
                                                     227,156,000 126,959,000 123,902,000 101,059,000 96,614,000 96,891,000 84,178,000 78,191,000 75,854,000 69,071,000 67,601,000 66,372,000 69,050,000                       
        total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests and stockholders’ equity
                                                   7,817,433,000 7,462,000,000 7,639,611,000 7,730,598,000 7,492,359,000 7,389,044,000 7,077,849,000 7,612,933,000 6,132,964,000 5,990,970,000 5,724,688,000 5,884,345,000 5,785,324,000 5,730,687,000 4,969,191,000                       
        current portion of loans payable
                                                        40,185,000 40,360,000 47,350,000 52,160,000 49,332,000 72,791,000 75,361,000 87,440,000 74,652,000 31,459,000 20,204,000                      
        loans payable, less current portion
                                                        156,787,000 164,919,000 179,560,000 188,802,000 199,349,000 141,504,000 144,582,000 168,795,000 161,984,000 201,233,000 126,617,000                      
        restricted cash
                                                          843,478,000                              
        assets held-for-sale
                                                            68,991,000                            
        current portion of deferred tax liabilities
                                                            70,304,000                            
        liabilities held-for-sale
                                                            22,745,000                            
        current portion of deferred tax assets
                                                                   38,696,000    46,822,000 15,163,000 18,996,000 27,063,000 35,936,000             
        deferred tax assets
                                                                   16,955,000    5,171,000 43,938,000 43,332,000 81,521,000 82,066,000             
        deferred tax liabilities
                                                                   103,717,000         21,785,000 24,115,000 29,442,000 25,955,000         
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                           -152,800,000    -3,888,000 10,773,000 3,770,000 4,385,000 3,870,000 2,791,000 2,486,000 1,948,000 1,126,000 
        prepaids and other current assets
                                                                            17,701,000 14,514,000 16,523,000 12,738,000 26,489,000 9,599,000 9,567,000 8,003,000 5,990,000 5,566,000 4,675,000 3,103,000 
        property and equipment
                                                                            1,346,982,000 1,331,017,000 1,284,395,000 1,162,720,000 1,069,080,000 760,175,000 593,555,000 546,395,000 499,917,000 471,765,000 449,236,000 438,790,000 
        debt issuance costs
                                                                            18,363,000 19,571,000 20,253,000 21,333,000 22,474,000 14,603,000 12,524,000 3,006,000 2,685,000 2,659,000 2,867,000 3,075,000 
        accrued property and equipment
                                                                            56,537,000 53,029,000 77,852,000 76,504,000 60,469,000 71,216,000 39,791,000 23,337,000 18,597,000 21,938,000 18,295,000 15,783,000 
        deferred rent and other liabilities
                                                                            77,871,000 73,966,000 71,340,000 56,097,000 46,516,000 34,684,000 35,105,000 34,630,000 27,879,000 26,738,000 26,318,000 23,726,000 
        current portion of accrued restructuring charges
                                                                               3,973,000 14,142,000 13,687,000 13,703,000 13,469,000 13,848,000 13,560,000 13,060,000 12,400,000 
        accrued restructuring charges, less current portion
                                                                               8,167,000 19,671,000 22,729,000 25,017,000 28,103,000 30,698,000 31,790,000 34,658,000 37,431,000 
        current portion of mortgage and loan payable
                                                                                 2,288,000 2,242,000      
        mortgage and loan payable, less current portion
                                                                                 164,841,000 120,764,000      
        borrowings from credit line
                                                                                    40,000,000   30,000,000 
        current portion of mortgage payable
                                                                                   2,150,000 1,337,000 1,311,000 1,285,000 1,159,000 
        mortgage payable, less current portion
                                                                                   96,746,000 57,828,000 58,173,000 58,510,000 58,841,000 
        convertible subordinated debentures
                                                                                   86,250,000 86,250,000 86,250,000 86,250,000 86,250,000 
        deferred stock-based compensation
                                                                                       -4,930,000 
        convertible secured notes
                                                                                        
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 
                                                                                         
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                         
          net income
        415,000,000 264,000,000 374,000,000 367,000,000 343,000,000 -14,000,000 296,000,000 301,000,000 231,000,000 227,477,000 275,760,000 207,013,000 258,730,000 128,903,000 211,739,000 216,242,000 147,693,000 123,141,000 152,026,000 68,487,000 156,074,000 50,936,000 66,831,000 133,350,000 118,957,000 124,835,000 120,811,000 143,852,000 117,747,000 110,022,000 124,825,000 67,618,000 62,894,000 65,215,000 79,900,000 45,805,000 42,062,000 61,750,000 51,450,000 44,711,000 -31,111,000 10,731,000 41,132,000 59,459,000 76,452,000 -355,103,000 42,961,000 10,079,000 41,337,000 45,373,000 42,556,000 -28,129,000 36,323,000 46,131,000 29,200,000 37,640,000 34,811,000 16,093,000 20,639,000 30,733,000 25,145,000 13,760,000 11,196,000 -2,274,000 14,199,000 17,722,000 18,812,000 17,440,000 15,457,000 116,499,000 7,389,000 2,229,000 5,421,000         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                         
          depreciation, amortization and accretion
        544,000,000 551,000,000                                                                                
          stock-based compensation
        128,000,000 128,000,000 130,000,000 127,000,000 113,000,000 114,000,000 122,000,000 125,000,000 101,000,000 105,829,000 98,446,000 104,546,000 98,715,000 107,519,000 101,830,000 104,682,000 89,952,000 96,379,000 94,710,000 94,335,000 78,350,000 79,361,000 75,248,000 75,844,000 64,499,000 62,126,000 63,871,000 61,519,000 49,023,000 40,867,000 47,588,000 49,725,000 42,536,000 45,898,000 45,654,000 45,625,000 38,323,000 39,837,000 42,346,000 39,323,000 34,061,000 33,868,000 33,969,000 33,993,000 30,613,000 31,517,000 27,662,000 33,830,000 24,981,000 27,630,000 28,413,000 24,194,000 22,703,000 21,924,000 22,582,000 20,549,000 19,103,000 18,472,000 19,207,000 18,318,000 15,535,000 17,469,000 16,950,000 18,096,000 14,974,000 14,026,000 14,033,000 13,459,000 11,538,000 13,134,000 12,562,000 17,048,000 12,341,000 11,699,000 10,489,000 10,045,000 10,498,000 7,227,000 6,885,000 8,897,000 7,758,000 
          impairment charges
        2,000,000 63,000,000 4,000,000                      -233,000 1,189,000 386,000 14,448,000                                                    
          loss on asset sales
        -20,000,000        -24,000   852,000 2,252,000 -94,000 1,818,000   -455,000 1,720,000   -342,000 1,199,000                                                         
          other operating activities
        -3,000,000 12,000,000 -6,000,000                                                                               
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                                         
          accounts receivable
        -106,000,000 140,000,000 -11,000,000 -36,000,000 -133,000,000 180,000,000 -12,000,000 -56,000,000 -85,000,000 49,358,000 -47,147,000 -99,164,000 -53,392,000 -56,209,000 29,823,000 -26,302,000 -100,727,000 109,440,000 -53,984,000 -39,709,000 -17,620,000 63,516,000 -23,871,000 -29,539,000 15,306,000 96,480,000 3,331,000 -42,370,000 -84,350,000 32,195,000 -46,685,000 32,834,000 -71,275,000 40,656,000 -50,530,000 -112,236,000 -39,664,000 -27,423,000 -30,440,000 -31,055,000 -11,312,000 -2,581,000 -220,000 -10,991,000 -30,791,000 2,428,000 -50,889,000 -24,510,000 -28,995,000 12,336,000 3,469,000 -19,098,000 -24,663,000 20,299,000 -12,359,000 -14,864,000 -19,677,000 3,238,000 -9,989,000 -19,409,000 3,099,000 -1,400,000 -6,729,000 -25,671,000 -6,086,000 2,300,000 1,003,000 -5,838,000 4,812,000 -5,369,000 -2,252,000 -4,037,000 2,506,000 -10,929,000 -5,658,000 -494,000 -916,000 -2,758,000 -646,000 -5,011,000 -1,251,000 
          income taxes
        -7,000,000 13,000,000 -46,000,000 -43,000,000 -2,000,000 5,000,000 -17,000,000 12,000,000 -9,000,000 10,692,000 -14,530,000 2,954,000 4,991,000 -17,701,000 29,656,000 -33,663,000 13,881,000 27,598,000 21,735,000 -55,661,000 -10,274,000 -2,448,000 -32,054,000 8,164,000 3,697,000 -40,649,000 42,482,000 14,837,000 15,825,000 22,206,000 -10,010,000 -7,485,000 -15,381,000 18,672,000 -19,681,000 -13,290,000 -20,637,000 27,999,000 24,776,000 4,901,000 -28,656,000 -25,056,000 -18,376,000 -53,592,000 -12,555,000 295,947,000 23,340,000 -76,764,000 -15,749,000 -36,622,000 4,195,000 -74,153,000 -1,609,000                             
          operating lease right-of-use assets
        41,000,000 39,000,000 43,000,000 37,000,000 42,000,000 33,000,000 41,000,000 38,000,000 38,000,000 21,624,000 39,977,000 42,337,000 34,766,000 36,171,000 38,684,000 38,839,000 35,400,000 37,862,000 40,953,000 20,851,000 40,924,000 39,039,000 38,319,000 37,495,000 38,797,000 40,805,000 29,743,000 37,219,000 41,264,000                                                     
          operating lease liabilities
        -35,000,000 -43,000,000 -42,000,000 -32,000,000 -39,000,000 -51,000,000 -37,000,000 -33,000,000 -32,000,000 -27,575,000 -33,654,000 -31,723,000 -33,587,000 -34,586,000 -31,873,000 -34,632,000 -31,740,000 -39,782,000 -37,423,000 -63,765,000 -36,563,000 -35,472,000 -35,300,000 -36,898,000 -35,193,000 -40,032,000 -38,254,000 -34,919,000 -38,886,000                                                     
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
        -62,000,000 74,000,000 100,000,000 -149,000,000 193,000,000 -102,000,000 60,000,000 -56,000,000 76,351,000 69,082,000 88,632,000 -72,765,000 31,511,000 103,941,000 55,128,000 -75,980,000 54,628,000 67,169,000 19,161,000 -76,362,000 -10,045,000 61,410,000 117,000 -25,681,000 -34,588,000 10,647,000 7,476,000 -11,463,000 30,713,000 29,107,000 10,818,000 -35,143,000 29,536,000 28,781,000 81,585,000 -65,414,000 73,091,000 -901,000 29,592,000 -40,217,000 33,906,000 25,926,000 19,600,000 29,693,000 -16,429,000 41,282,000 -23,002,000 8,830,000 -10,157,000 17,003,000 28,392,000 -27,996,000 11,975,000 17,500,000 35,544,000 -33,737,000 45,274,000 32,000 4,082,000 -13,606,000 14,316,000 -3,013,000 3,174,000 15,886,000 -4,876,000 14,673,000 6,683,000 6,282,000 4,922,000 -522,000 4,430,000 1,107,000 -29,761,000 17,786,000 7,950,000 -2,657,000 4,286,000 -1,134,000 2,597,000 -993,000 
          other assets and liabilities
        -180,000,000 -97,000,000                                 2,865,000 -17,751,000 50,225,000  39,290,000 -35,509,000 -25,785,000                                         
          net cash from operating activities
        717,000,000 1,144,000,000 1,014,000,000 944,000,000 809,000,000 981,000,000 758,000,000 912,000,000 598,000,000 998,714,000 785,175,000 741,298,000 691,408,000 760,189,000 820,289,000 801,581,000 581,123,000 892,105,000 664,746,000 599,197,000 391,158,000 686,148,000 532,162,000 574,686,000 516,830,000 529,670,000 498,994,000 542,923,000 421,141,000 558,629,000 417,162,000 538,728,000 300,907,000 494,879,000 390,510,000 306,473,000 247,371,000 299,310,000 334,172,000 278,828,000 104,270,000 235,118,000 214,401,000 212,463,000 232,811,000 202,297,000 216,441,000 98,964,000 171,718,000 166,706,000 206,562,000 147,159,000 84,181,000 209,099,000 102,152,000 194,782,000 125,993,000 187,621,000 141,870,000 140,348,000 117,770,000 122,891,000 113,263,000 56,906,000 99,812,000 82,510,000 107,539,000 78,739,000 86,704,000 76,295,000 63,321,000 64,958,000 62,984,000 13,881,000 48,427,000 37,862,000 19,850,000 25,859,000 20,655,000 16,107,000 12,791,000 
          capital expenditures
        -156,003,000 -159,816,000 -105,907,000 -171,035,000 -122,863,000 -75,667,000 -212,118,000 -196,484,000 -145,490,000 -131,525,000 -188,875,000 -175,115,000 -143,941,000 -95,445,000 -84,458,000 -125,643,000 -121,002,000 -88,921,000 -67,056,000 -59,387,000 -46,620,000 -26,613,000 
          free cash flows
        717,000,000 1,144,000,000 1,014,000,000 944,000,000 809,000,000 981,000,000 758,000,000 912,000,000 598,000,000 998,714,000 785,175,000 741,298,000 691,408,000 760,189,000 820,289,000 801,581,000 581,123,000 892,105,000 664,746,000 599,197,000 391,158,000 686,148,000 532,162,000 574,686,000 516,830,000 529,670,000 498,994,000 542,923,000 421,141,000 558,629,000 417,162,000 538,728,000 300,907,000 494,879,000 390,510,000 306,473,000 247,371,000 299,310,000 334,172,000 278,828,000 104,270,000 235,118,000 214,401,000 212,463,000 232,811,000 202,297,000 60,438,000 -60,852,000 65,811,000 166,706,000 35,527,000 24,296,000 8,514,000 209,099,000 -109,966,000 -1,702,000 -19,497,000 187,621,000 10,345,000 -48,527,000 -57,345,000 122,891,000 -30,678,000 56,906,000 99,812,000 82,510,000 107,539,000 78,739,000 86,704,000 76,295,000 -32,124,000 -19,500,000 -62,659,000 -107,121,000 -40,494,000 37,862,000 -47,206,000 -33,528,000 -25,965,000 16,107,000 -13,822,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                         
          purchases of equity investments
        -146,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -43,000,000                                                                             
          distributions from equity investments
         42,000,000 13,000,000 4,000,000                                                                             
          purchases of short-term investments
        -784,000,000 -875,000,000 -297,000,000 -605,000,000 -190,000,000                                                                             
          maturity of short-term investments
        595,000,000 235,000,000 320,000,000                                                                               
          real estate acquisitions
        -123,000,000 -603,000,000 -292,000,000 -82,000,000 -17,000,000 -50,000,000 -162,000,000 -108,000,000 -17,000,000 -231,108,000 -112,896,000 -40,397,000 -208,377,000 -6,568,000 -30,257,000 -3,074,000 -6,988,000                                                                
          purchases of other property, plant and equipment
        -1,256,000,000 -1,436,000,000 -1,136,000,000 -989,000,000 -750,000,000 -987,000,000 -724,000,000 -648,000,000 -707,000,000 -995,720,000 -617,539,000 -638,159,000 -529,600,000 -827,927,000 -552,729,000 -484,830,000 -412,518,000 -817,405,000 -678,277,000 -692,232,000 -563,598,000 -834,330,000 -565,285,000 -481,948,000 -400,941,000 -714,561,000 -556,822,000 -444,171,000 -363,967,000 -680,665,000 -545,541,000 -520,239,000 -349,729,000 -432,677,000 -320,234,000 -348,572,000 -277,242,000 -386,321,000 -279,477,000 -249,867,000 -197,700,000 -280,612,000 -216,046,000 -221,342,000 -150,120,000                    -143,400,000 -129,102,000 -88,655,000 -76,816,000 -74,969,000             
          proceeds from sale of assets, net of cash transferred
        258,000,000       4,682,000 72,254,000 -1,509,000 56,024,000 195,391,000 34,091,000        358,656,000           23,385,000                                            
          settlement of foreign currency hedges
        -3,000,000 9,000,000 45,000,000 18,000,000 32,000,000                                                                             
          net cash from investing activities
        -1,459,000,000 -2,710,000,000 -1,370,000,000 -1,440,000,000 -964,000,000 -1,111,000,000 -1,365,000,000 -734,000,000 -727,000,000 -1,281,362,000 -752,417,000 -668,449,000 -522,136,000 -1,071,526,000 -663,546,000 -1,369,122,000 -258,759,000 -820,696,000 -821,631,000 -728,727,000 -635,684,000 -1,339,776,000 -603,211,000 -529,444,000 -954,541,000 -466,546,000 -576,462,000 -523,092,000 -378,467,000 -725,571,000 -619,957,000 -1,365,074,000 -364,926,000 -783,996,000 -363,748,000 -3,938,723,000 -314,359,000 -352,458,000 336,020,000 -252,930,000 -1,322,787,000 -528,996,000 -107,555,000 -298,542,000 -199,834,000 -619,911,000 -6,316,000 91,503,000 98,885,000 -233,362,000 -330,958,000 537,547,000 -1,142,540,000 -209,327,000 -596,859,000 93,880,000 269,433,000 -194,625,000 -808,693,000 -209,737,000 -286,389,000 17,538,000 -259,495,000 -327,455,000 -31,557,000 -15,684,000 -260,549,000 -204,060,000 -77,885,000 -43,190,000 -82,435,000 -216,215,000 -136,200,000 -103,519,000 -721,257,000 -181,892,000 -48,057,000 -36,792,000 -60,757,000 -25,348,000 -35,573,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                         
          proceeds from employee equity programs
        49,000,000  45,000,000 50,000,000  44,000,000 48,000,000  42,420,000                                                                       
          payment of dividends
        -519,000,000 -461,000,000 -467,000,000 -460,000,000 -468,000,000 -413,000,000 -413,000,000 -405,000,000 -412,000,000 -403,176,000 -324,587,000 -320,243,000 -326,162,000 -287,573,000 -291,169,000 -283,048,000 -289,669,000 -259,455,000 -262,362,000 -258,053,000 -263,039,000              -159,541,000 -156,290,000 -148,083,000  -127,457,000 -121,858,000 -124,836,000  -98,041,000 -96,349,000 -96,619,000                                     
          proceeds from public offering of common stock, net of issuance costs
         99,000,000 697,000,000    432,876,000 300,775,000    398,271,000   196,477,000 1,683,106,000 101,792,000 99,421,000 348,121,000 1,213,434,000 114,299,000 266,251,000                                                   
          proceeds from senior notes, net of debt discounts
        1,492,000,000 1,745,000,000 500,000,000 1,696,000,000 370,000,000 1,244,000,000 780,000,000   336,853,000 565,239,000   2,587,910,000 1,290,752,000 1,845,891,000                                                           
          repayment of finance lease liabilities
        -41,000,000  -39,000,000 -40,000,000 -32,000,000  -35,000,000 -35,000,000 -31,000,000  -31,629,000                                                                       
          repayment of other debt
        -674,000,000                                                                                 
          other financing activities
        42,000,000 -16,000,000 -16,000,000                               -900,000   -541,000 499,000                         444,000 -2,543,000               
          net cash from financing activities
        349,000,000 1,225,000,000 -1,159,000,000 1,191,000,000 15,000,000 478,000,000 1,348,000,000 294,000,000 -397,000,000 -21,506,000 17,942,000 -327,227,000 542,237,000 -325,681,000 489,069,000 862,293,000 -168,915,000 92,822,000 -266,387,000 174,676,000 412,654,000 -421,830,000 -2,088,517,000 3,562,977,000 -237,104,000 381,473,000 -126,163,000 -40,160,000 986,932,000 -100,895,000 104,064,000 -206,282,000 674,025,000     -156,893,000 -191,106,000 -169,925,000 -376,368,000 2,192,950,000 -101,412,000 -119,562,000 -98,794,000    -37,282,000 -70,641,000 -1,178,000 -850,034,000 1,496,760,000 12,248,000 73,697,000 -264,716,000 -43,950,000 -83,383,000 744,147,000 61,838,000 26,126,000 -85,989,000 18,112,000 -252,233,000 629,796,000 -2,922,000 28,804,000 301,341,000 -3,625,000 32,156,000 26,428,000 41,924,000 44,598,000 38,001,000 783,240,000 50,519,000 273,253,000 8,755,000 47,461,000 5,376,000 -15,485,000 
          effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -6,000,000 -10,000,000 33,000,000 20,000,000 -42,000,000 39,000,000 -6,000,000 -40,000,000 42,209,000 -35,027,000 -46,681,000 23,883,000 37,398,000 -39,063,000 -101,129,000 4,593,000 -6,335,000 -7,085,000 4,965,000 -22,019,000 35,065,000 18,513,000 12,411,000 -25,287,000 21,883,000 -13,528,000 2,106,000 -1,695,000 -2,963,000 -5,104,000 -33,743,000 7,903,000 4,737,000 9,582,000 5,327,000 11,541,000                                             
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -399,000,000    -120,000,000                                                                             
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        1,824,000,000 3,082,000,000 2,096,000,000 1,908,248,000 1,549,454,000 1,625,695,000 1,886,613,000 627,604,000 1,450,701,000 773,247,000                                             
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        1,425,000,000 -341,000,000 -1,525,000,000 728,000,000 2,962,000,000 306,000,000 780,000,000 466,000,000 1,530,000,000 -261,945,000 15,673,000 -301,059,000 2,643,640,000 -599,620,000 606,749,000 193,623,000 1,707,496,000 157,896,000 -430,357,000 50,111,000 1,771,804,000 -1,040,393,000 -2,141,053,000 3,620,630,000 1,186,511,000 466,480,000 -217,159,000 -18,223,000 1,655,515,000 -270,800,000 -103,835,000 -1,066,371,000 2,068,610,000 -185,494,000 532,969,000 -3,839,820,000 4,943,046,000                                             
          cash and cash equivalents
        1,362,000,000 -350,000,000 -1,583,000,000 710,000,000 2,950,000,000 305,000,000 783,000,000 466,000,000 1,527,000,000 -261,785,000 15,320,000 -300,401,000 2,642,578,000 -594,395,000 609,505,000 196,006,000 1,695,305,000 157,258,000 -420,627,000 46,737,000 1,752,990,000 -1,040,176,000 -2,140,005,000 3,613,711,000 1,171,339,000 467,177,000 -211,129,000 -20,315,000 1,633,844,000 -264,320,000 -95,822,000 -1,057,500,000 2,023,808,000 -187,471,000 536,211,000 -3,859,482,000 4,923,259,000                                             
          current portion of restricted cash included in other current assets
        59,000,000 55,000,000 -7,000,000 12,000,000   3,000,000 -162,000 357,000 -658,000 967,000 -795,000 -6,414,000 -2,352,000 11,295,000 621,000 -1,427,000 3,292,000 9,702,000 -240,000 -1,918,000 6,810,000 6,483,000 -898,000 -5,685,000 2,368,000 11,305,000 -6,400,000 -7,990,000 -8,183,000 33,460,000 1,840,000 -3,886,000 19,038,000 9,927,000                                             
          non-current portion of restricted cash included in other assets
        4,000,000 9,000,000 3,000,000       2,000 -4,000 95,000 -4,430,000 3,658,000 -31,000 896,000 17,000 -8,303,000 82,000 9,112,000 23,000 870,000 109,000 8,689,000 201,000 -345,000 -276,000 10,366,000 -80,000 -23,000 -688,000 11,342,000 137,000 644,000 624,000 9,860,000                                             
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
        1,425,000,000  -1,525,000,000                                                                               
          business acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired
                     -80,342,000      -702,024,000 39,000 -478,287,000   -502,000 1,808,000   -334,754,000 1,128,000 -3,593,613,000 -36,041,000                                             
          investment in loan receivable
         -7,000,000 -17,000,000   -65,000,000                                                                           
          loan receivable upfront fee
                                                                                       
          proceeds from employee equity awards
                    44,543,000 37,667,000 43,876,000 37,594,000 40,034,000 31,727,000 30,391,000 24,425,000 27,593,000 33,000 24,243,000 13,000 25,847,000 71,000 21,506,000 45,000 20,074,000 36,000 16,504,000 1,335,000 16,304,000 185,000 13,290,000 181,000 16,384,000 1,137,000 12,362,000 1,434,000 14,387,000 3,810,000 12,202,000 1,512,000 14,368,000 5,998,000 13,666,000 6,013,000 30,460,000 3,189,000 11,107,000 8,929,000 15,668,000 3,638,000 14,026,000 11,270,000 10,883,000 13,956,000 14,096,000 4,892,000 4,062,000 143,000 6,849,000 12,000,000 7,238,000         
          repayments of finance lease liabilities
                    -35,498,000 -36,394,000 -28,252,000 -28,783,000 -40,773,000 -35,410,000 -31,252,000 -66,293,000 -32,584,000  -31,765,000 -23,704,000 -18,977,000  -19,673,000 -11,954,000 -31,158,000                                                     
          contribution from non-controlling interest
         1,000,000                                                                               
          repayment of senior notes
                        -1,400,000,000 -590,650,000 -1,923,000,000 -1,947,050,000 -150,000,000 -343,711,000 -2,056,289,000                                                    
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
         -341,000,000 -1,525,000,000   306,000,000 780,000,000 466,000,000 -566,000,000 -261,945,000 15,673,000 -301,059,000 735,392,000 -599,620,000 606,749,000 193,623,000 158,042,000 157,896,000 -430,357,000 50,111,000 146,109,000 -1,040,393,000 -2,141,053,000 3,620,630,000 -700,102,000 466,480,000 -217,159,000 -18,223,000 1,027,911,000 -270,800,000 -103,835,000 -1,066,371,000 617,909,000 -185,494,000 532,969,000 -3,839,820,000 4,169,799,000                                             
          supplemental cash flow information
                                                                                         
          cash paid for taxes
                                                     6,407,000 5,506,000 75,371,000 29,913,000 36,954,000 9,882,000 62,818,000 14,036,000 17,133,000 12,813,000 5,031,000 1,734,000 1,985,000 347,000 6,651,000 174,000 7,914,000 1,633,000 918,000 578,000 3,461,000 4,609,000 1,218,000 2,000 -307,000 69,000 60,000 276,000 2,000 67,000 173,000 545,000 
          cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized
                                                                                         
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows
                                                                                         
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                            621,000 -165,901,000 -1,601,627,000 -235,306,000 -10,247,000                                     
          depreciation
           449,000,000 431,000,000 445,000,000 444,000,000 438,000,000 474,000,000 411,599,000 410,642,000 409,208,000 404,626,000 385,968,000 378,319,000 381,395,000 385,771,000 376,045,000 368,577,000 364,562,000 341,622,000 327,247,000 310,466,000 299,231,000 287,378,000 281,855,000 273,054,000 270,007,000 263,643,000 256,891,000 253,934,000 256,296,000 256,952,000 243,337,000 229,518,000 204,628,000 187,989,000 180,319,000 181,896,000 179,748,000 172,382,000 136,065,000 125,802,000 120,926,000 115,341,000 125,161,000 113,178,000 108,573,000 107,023,000 99,793,000 103,158,000 102,184,000 100,309,000 96,502,000 99,599,000 90,740,000 87,875,000 88,514,000 85,703,000 80,331,000 74,062,000 71,185,000 68,941,000 59,117,000 47,301,000 41,017,000 43,037,000 43,521,000 40,400,000 42,187,000 39,903,000 36,523,000 33,684,000 33,392,000 22,898,000 21,500,000 20,097,000 19,537,000 18,466,000 17,033,000 16,701,000 
          amortization of intangible assets
           50,000,000 48,000,000 53,000,000 52,000,000 51,000,000 52,000,000 51,864,000 52,297,000 52,428,000 52,474,000 51,438,000 51,873,000 51,875,000 49,569,000 50,056,000 50,354,000 51,679,000 53,395,000 50,972,000 50,222,000 49,362,000 48,491,000 48,689,000 48,837,000 49,217,000 49,535,000 49,973,000 51,792,000 51,035,000 50,616,000 48,940,000 48,893,000 50,158,000 29,017,000 29,478,000 32,929,000 32,303,000 28,152,000 8,100,000 6,601,000 6,450,000 6,295,000 6,803,000 6,974,000 7,074,000 6,905,000 6,582,000 6,822,000 6,864,000 6,759,000 6,907,000 6,917,000 4,822,000 4,929,000 4,857,000 5,043,000 4,891,000 4,273,000 4,254,000 4,357,000 3,633,000 1,388,000 1,455,000 1,454,000 1,370,000 1,276,000 1,374,000 1,690,000 1,771,000 1,775,000         
          other assets
           -12,000,000 164,000,000 -241,000,000 -51,000,000 -76,000,000 -77,000,000 -18,172,000 -85,522,000 -42,044,000 -129,000 93,100,000 -155,635,000 4,144,000 6,115,000 10,305,000 -67,293,000 15,975,000 -73,255,000 -2,282,000 -67,516,000 41,863,000 -101,882,000 -38,108,000 -56,312,000 2,109,000 -7,833,000 -25,226,000 -25,945,000 10,230,000 -6,694,000         -39,542,000 -29,255,000 -2,294,000 720,000 -12,624,000 -4,060,000 -8,104,000 18,292,000 -15,807,000 -3,010,000 2,186,000 -20,222,000 -29,686,000 -727,000 14,180,000 17,567,000 -23,275,000 -4,524,000 1,586,000 -4,279,000 -24,582,000 4,760,000 3,502,000 4,455,000 -2,519,000 5,593,000 -10,197,000 -3,248,000             
          other liabilities
            -9,000,000 10,000,000 -4,000,000 39,000,000 -50,000,000 70,279,000 2,263,000 -14,176,000 -15,049,000 -16,301,000 43,210,000 33,621,000 48,600,000 30,216,000 32,440,000 4,034,000 -94,334,000 77,263,000 -13,572,000 -24,005,000 82,943,000 14,384,000 -5,498,000 24,281,000 -940,000 16,846,000 -9,409,000 41,261,000 -16,973,000         68,697,000 20,397,000 29,261,000 8,213,000 10,093,000 10,950,000 9,620,000 7,729,000 8,868,000 2,649,000 8,483,000 1,266,000 25,803,000 -20,950,000 -1,097,000 3,040,000 12,513,000 13,981,000 7,110,000 3,008,000 9,266,000 5,674,000 -17,293,000 -1,891,000 560,000 -1,522,000 -641,000 2,168,000 14,284,000 4,466,000 4,458,000 6,741,000 8,502,000 1,316,000 493,000 1,024,000 1,907,000 2,282,000 413,000 -862,000 
          debt issuance costs
           -12,000,000 -3,000,000 -9,000,000 -6,000,000   307,000 -2,982,000 -4,257,000 -10,365,000 -7,366,000 -21,950,000 -3,152,000 -15,970,000       -635,000 -11,583,000 -24,161,000 -16,267,000 46,000 -40,665,000 370,000    -17,481,000 -7,000 -610,000     -622,000 -1,649,000 -1,756,000 -19,030,000 -453,000 -1,247,000   -110,000 -15,426,000 -125,000 -5,000 -7,926,000 -15,193,000 -10,000   -252,000 -40,000 -7,000 -437,000 -464,000 -63,000 -11,546,000 -10,678,000 -558,000    
          amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts
            5,000,000  5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000  4,684,000                      4,099,000 4,349,000 4,390,000 4,130,000 11,580,000 5,428,000 2,684,000 5,517,000 5,508,000 4,493,000 3,972,000 3,811,000 3,774,000 3,827,000 3,714,000 4,717,000 6,409,000 6,266,000 5,965,000 5,884,000 5,753,000 5,308,000 5,048,000 4,902,000 8,107,000 8,356,000 8,207,000 8,325,000 7,284,000 8,512,000 7,160,000                   
          provision for credit loss allowance
            3,000,000 -7,000,000 23,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 -38,000 5,239,000 6,743,000 2,891,000 1,892,000 1,336,000 792,000 3,406,000 2,412,000 1,853,000 3,011,000 2,740,000                                                             
          loss on debt extinguishment
             15,000,000 1,000,000 -71,000    -143,000 -75,000 420,000 -529,000 -214,000 -179,000 102,460,000 13,058,000 44,001,000 93,494,000 1,868,000 6,441,000 52,758,000 -315,000 382,000 12,163,000 -1,492,000 19,215,000 21,491,000 23,669,000 22,156,000 16,444,000 3,503,000 1,777,000 10,181,000       105,807,000   14,899,000                               
          other items
            -8,000,000 8,000,000 -2,000,000 22,000,000 4,000,000 14,730,000 11,211,000 11,832,000 3,949,000 44,074,000 10,676,000 4,598,000 3,690,000 6,340,000 4,832,000 9,802,000 7,743,000 1,879,000 4,110,000 6,170,000 4,484,000 1,711,000 1,184,000 3,568,000 5,157,000 6,620,000 5,042,000 3,494,000 4,504,000 -14,680,000 -336,000 96,000 3,677,000 7,231,000 1,557,000 7,216,000 4,605,000  3,888,000 5,038,000 3,899,000 5,228,000 4,355,000 6,410,000 3,919,000 4,844,000 1,133,000 3,229,000 2,337,000 494,000 685,000 284,000 1,241,000 3,221,000 -603,000 1,616,000 920,000 -92,000 959,000 899,000 499,000 364,000 -370,000 986,000 169,000 683,000 1,025,000 -1,190,000 450,000         
          repayment of mortgage and loans payable
            -1,000,000  -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000  -2,133,000                          -21,510,000 -476,423,000 -13,354,000 -36,758,000 -936,353,000 -185,823,000 -10,818,000 -505,268,000 -13,361,000 -115,963,000 -10,416,000 -16,777,000 -10,317,000    -14,052,000   -10,170,000 -67,129,000 -1,556,000 -11,171,000 -10,102,000 -88,930,000 -11,049,000 -343,688,000 -114,340,000  -11,003,000 -16,312,000 -7,210,000  -4,034,000 -4,330,000 -3,092,000         
          total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows
            2,962,000,000  780,000,000 466,000,000 1,530,000,000  15,673,000 -301,059,000 2,643,640,000  606,749,000 193,623,000 1,707,496,000  -430,357,000 50,111,000 1,771,804,000  -2,141,053,000 3,620,630,000 1,186,511,000  -217,159,000 -18,223,000 1,655,515,000  -103,835,000 -1,066,371,000 2,068,610,000  532,969,000 -3,839,820,000 4,943,046,000                                             
          amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discounts and premiums
                    4,590,000 4,553,000 4,533,000 4,536,000 4,204,000 4,375,000 4,390,000 4,430,000 3,940,000 3,951,000 3,884,000 4,444,000 3,460,000 3,613,000 3,196,000 3,238,000 2,995,000 3,009,000 3,148,000                                                   
          sales of equity investments
                                                                                         
          proceeds from mortgage and loans payable
                     676,850,000                                                               
          repayments of mortgage and loans payable
                    -2,403,000 -1,714,000 -25,195,000 -9,199,000 -551,833,000 -10,584,000 -10,367,000 -675,873,000 -20,186,000  -19,431,000 -770,677,000 -18,501,000  -17,584,000 -17,878,000 -18,334,000  -404,083,000 -18,816,000 -6,599,000                                                 
          total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows
                                                                                         
          gain on asset sales
                        3,304,000    -373,000    -43,847,000              -5,242,000                                         
          purchases of investments
              -29,000,000 -33,000,000 -3,000,000 -54,534,000 -26,664,000 -30,290,000 -24,393,000 -35,222,000 -22,398,000 -48,464,000 -38,558,000 -30,394,000 -52,138,000 -2,595,000 -22,406,000 -71,770,000 -3,578,000 -7,602,000 -44,813,000 -37,217,000 -2,905,000 -11,490,000 -9,297,000 -9,999,000 -760,000 -25,156,000 -29,265,000 -31,669,000 -1,000 -26,256,000 -10,589,000 -15,254,000 -5,607,000 -10,875,000 -20,591,000 -14,148,000 -305,846,000 -18,446,000 -409,481,000 -21,294,000 -21,799,000 -93,423,000 -154,549,000 -190,618,000 -327,291,000 -296,513,000 -76,936,000 -200,116,000 -68,435,000 -97,383,000 -240,719,000 -752,491,000 -125,401,000 -149,963,000 -144,953,000 -314,919,000 -194,942,000 -89,984,000 -69,978,000 -159,903,000   -73,381,000 -155,644,000 -11,531,000 -24,846,000 -31,325,000 -45,391,000 -12,760,000 -19,803,000 -31,176,000 -12,696,000 -24,747,000 
          purchase of short-term investments
                                                                                         
          proceeds from redeemable non-controlling interest
                                                                                       
          sales of investments
                       4,057,000  7,547,000 6,261,000 5,873,000  8,427,000 518,000          13,131,000 14,371,000 14,294,000 11,222,000 108,365,000 711,412,000 6,709,000 23,227,000 138,342,000 199,714,000 212,299,000 99,380,000 36,521,000 103,287,000 37,163,000 24,074,000 63,981,000 243,512,000 30,699,000 20,874,000 22,837,000 6,380,000 75,583,000 396,000 22,575,000 694,000 1,509,000 2,723,000 3,943,000 8,888,000 11,866,000 60,490,000 57,465,000 4,007,000 9,669,000         
          debt extinguishment costs
                         -90,664,000 -8,521,000 -29,296,000 -77,785,000 -4,619,000     148,000 -20,704,000 -3,102,000 -11,766,000 -8,122,000 -3,132,000 -1,199,000        -93,965,000   -13,189,000 -3,750,000                               
          cash paid for interest
                                                     94,283,000 45,833,000 79,517,000 42,385,000 74,671,000 38,319,000 29,664,000 67,975,000 27,404,000 65,616,000 28,965,000 63,336,000 28,846,000 39,821,000 23,725,000 36,737,000 27,171,000 37,705,000 24,779,000 8,288,000 27,265,000 8,982,000 18,268,000 8,766,000 17,887,000 8,991,000 18,096,000 8,399,000 10,770,000 6,271,000 4,811,000 5,048,000 1,992,000 4,236,000 3,173,000 3,943,000 
          proceed from mortgage and loans payable
                                                                                         
          gain on debt extinguishment
                   -254,000                                                                     
          purchases of real estate
                           -33,900,000 -53,737,000 -75,720,000 -41,895,000 -46,194,000 -36,373,000 -104,865,000 -16,852,000 -41,715,000 -5,721,000 -45,806,000 -94,830,000 -27,082,000 -14,700,000 -30,119,000 -16,384,000 -6,841,000 -41,739,000 -11,710,000 -16,408,000                                       
          sales and maturities of investments
                                       38,396,000 28,768,000 13,554,000 3,411,000 10,304,000 19,152,000                                             
          payment of dividends and special distribution
                             -237,756,000 -240,690,000 -236,008,000 -233,479,000 -210,360,000 -212,752,000 -208,449,000 -204,603,000 -183,858,000 -185,983,000 -181,760,000 -186,999,000                                                 
          provision for allowance for doubtful accounts
                              -5,030,000 7,562,000 3,934,000 -129,000 1,491,000 2,503,000 4,594,000 2,350,000 1,280,000 325,000 3,281,000 -1,262,000 -1,100,000 1,279,000 6,710,000 1,719,000 2,893,000 1,763,000 1,885,000 850,000 1,297,000 1,025,000 1,865,000 1,767,000 2,799,000 1,472,000 1,055,000 2,659,000 1,562,000 785,000 813,000 155,000 1,585,000 765,000 1,681,000 1,378,000                        
          proceeds from revolving credit facility
                                250,000,000                                                         
          proceeds from loans payable
                                        997,076,000 1,059,800,000 457,900,000 9,154,000 701,250,000 707,108,000   500,000,000 8,698,000   26,304,000    4,049,000 249,633,000 8,909,000 4,701,000 12,718,000 55,264,000 22,653,000 5,770,000 16,853,000   795,000 27,935,000 744,000  24,576,000 35,643,000 41,882,000 30,852,000        
          proceeds from senior notes
                                     929,850,000 1,179,001,000 1,199,700,000 1,250,000,000             1,500,000,000        750,000,000                 
          gain on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          repayment of capital lease and other financing obligations
                                           -27,864,000 -16,596,000 -13,522,000 -55,528,000 -12,103,000 -33,232,000 -8,450,000 -6,575,000 -8,342,000 -5,296,000 -4,890,000 -3,857,000 -5,033,000 -4,250,000 -27,907,000 -4,553,000 -4,157,000 -3,516,000 -3,471,000 -3,049,000 -3,032,000 -2,826,000 -3,022,000 -3,081,000 -2,355,000 -1,968,000 -2,019,000 -1,713,000 -10,847,000 -1,554,000  -1,427,000 -1,369,000 -969,000  -956,000 -952,000 -966,000 -961,000 -500,000 -480,000 -465,000 -376,000 -391,000 -375,000 -364,000 
          repayments of capital lease and other financing obligations
                                      -19,799,000 -14,069,000 -55,787,000                                                 
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                          47,767,000   22,825,000                                         
          proceeds from public offering of common stock, net of offering costs
                                          83,000 2,126,258,000                                             
          repayments of convertible debt, mortgage, and loans payable
                                                                                         
          net cash from (used) in financing activities
                                          496,625,000 -212,897,000 4,225,246,000                                             
          change in cash balances included in assets held for sale
                                              21,356,000                                           
          repayment of convertible debt, mortgage, and loans payable
                                                                                         
          excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
                                             -4,238,000    1,633,000 -732,000 -223,000 -708,000 -2,125,000 -5,825,000 -1,614,000 -10,018,000 42,000 -4,951,000 -3,431,000 -18,990,000 -19,457,000                        -122,000 1,384,000 -200,000 -370,000 
          increase in restricted cash
                                                     -735,000    -423,000 -4,000 -227,000 -836,536,000 -426,000 -8,219,000 -49,000 -2,000 -1,792,000 -1,159,000 -94,773,000                     
          release of restricted cash
                                                     760,000    1,163,000 839,190,000 2,735,000 1,325,000 8,086,000 10,792,000 68,559,000 56,000 314,000 630,000 244,000 133,000 1,869,000 3,173,000 7,840,000 698,000           
          purchases of treasury stock
                                                     -42,575,000 -208,263,000 -47,120,000     -13,364,000                         
          purchase of non-controlling interests
                                                                                         
          repayment of convertible debt
                                                     -34,000                                 
          effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
                                             -33,153,000 4,313,000 18,540,000 -195,000 -5,703,000 -6,098,000 5,065,000 -8,391,000 -5,500,000 -8,039,000 1,621,000 -41,000 -551,000 7,820,000 -2,195,000 -5,595,000 506,000 6,601,000 -2,794,000 2,645,000 -1,313,000 -4,673,000 957,000 4,118,000 -748,000 5,927,000 -5,178,000 -4,805,000 -995,000 2,136,000 7,148,000 -3,352,000 -5,739,000 2,244,000 -374,000 -1,181,000 -1,182,000 -1,556,000 449,000 51,000 102,000 -20,000 40,000 125,000 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                 1,893,369,000 -664,000 -200,576,000 -74,208,000 256,736,000 -54,153,000 -86,840,000 233,280,000 -137,848,000 -117,754,000 -167,523,000 432,806,000   21,152,000 354,121,000 -91,700,000 72,651,000 -6,594,000 -138,375,000 53,692,000 -122,193,000 -527,960,000 693,246,000 62,909,000 -122,070,000 183,168,000 1,842,000 59,522,000 9,558,000 -109,707,000 -29,799,000 -52,819,000 108,854,000 -93,062,000 245,097,000 -2,076,000 7,339,000 -3,825,000 -38,142,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                             2,228,838,000 610,917,000 261,894,000  252,213,000  278,823,000  442,841,000  346,056,000  220,207,000  290,633,000  82,563,000  119,267,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                             -239,439,000 504,755,000 -150,598,000 633,758,000 1,893,369,000 -664,000 -200,576,000 536,709,000 256,736,000 -54,153,000 -86,840,000 495,174,000  -117,754,000 -167,523,000 685,019,000  -414,409,000 21,152,000 632,944,000  72,651,000 -6,594,000 304,466,000  -122,193,000 -527,960,000 1,039,302,000  -122,070,000 183,168,000 222,049,000  9,558,000 -109,707,000 260,834,000  108,854,000 -93,062,000 327,660,000  7,339,000 -3,825,000 81,125,000 
          gains on asset sales
                                              -27,945,000                                           
          gains on sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          maturities of investments
                                                 28,400,000 7,031,000 4,625,000 31,741,000 72,822,000 102,778,000 73,810,000 64,878,000 48,411,000 26,385,000 37,700,000 24,561,000 104,544,000 413,050,000 221,245,000 52,425,000 150,000,000 72,195,000 320,729,000 176,790,000 129,261,000 200,760,000 153,179,000 9,915,000 4,718,000 11,754,000 21,093,000 18,700,000 43,788,000 30,780,000   20,946,000 22,275,000 25,159,000 20,378,000 23,142,000 13,269,000 
          changes in restricted cash
                                              -21,851,000 -117,000 466,704,000  14,274,000                                       
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                              504,755,000 -150,598,000 -1,595,080,000                                         
          restructuring charges
                                                                 1,295,000 1,587,000   491,000 1,886,000   -220,000 -5,833,000 2,343,000           
          foreign currency transactions and other
                                                                                         
          other investing activities
                                                      -182,000     -107,000     5,000 5,000     79,000     1,347,000 -470,000     
          purchase of redeemable non-controlling interests
                                                                                        
          purchase of real estate
                                                    -38,282,000 -16,791,000                                 
          change in restricted cash
                                                    3,521,000   570,000 -71,000                                 
          proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          payment of special distribution
                                                                                         
          net cash from (used in ) financing activities
                                                                                         
          purchases of property, plant and equipment
                                                      -156,003,000 -159,816,000 -105,907,000  -171,035,000 -122,863,000 -75,667,000  -212,118,000 -196,484,000 -145,490,000  -131,525,000 -188,875,000 -175,115,000  -143,941,000                   
          purchase of asia tone, net of cash acquired
                                                            -13,540,000                            
          deposit for purchase of frankfurt kleyer 90 carrier hotel
                                                                                         
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                         
          purchase of frankfurt kleyer 90 carrier hotel
                                                                                         
          purchase of ancotel, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          purchase of dubai ibx data center
                                                                                         
          purchase of alog, net of cash acquired
                                                                                       
          proceeds from the sale of discontinued operations
                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                                         
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                                         
          restructuring charge
                                                                                       
          deposit for purchase of real estate
                                                                                         
          purchase of new york 2 ibx data center
                                                                                         
          repayment of loans payable
                                                          -10,113,000                               
          accretion of asset retirement obligation and accrued restructuring charges
                                                           1,004,000 1,398,000 -17,000 1,042,000 1,317,000 1,053,000 1,247,000 1,209,000 1,139,000 1,125,000 627,000 1,122,000 811,000 568,000  510,000 310,000 226,000  420,000 426,000 399,000  750,000 791,000 832,000  895,000 931,000 969,000 
          purchase of new york ibx data center
                                                                                         
          loss on debt extinguishment and interest rate swaps
                                                                     5,356,000 1,454,000 3,377,000                 
          accrued restructuring charges
                                                                        -412,000    -521,000 -729,000 -594,000 -695,000 -745,000 -3,569,000 -3,203,000 -3,354,000 -3,543,000 -3,591,000 -3,088,000 -3,168,000 -2,957,000 
          purchase of dubai ibx data center, net of cash acquired
                                                                                         
          purchase of switch and data, net of cash acquired
                                                                                       
          realized net losses on investments
                                                                         -100,000 9,000 2,670,000             
          deferred tax assets
                                                                         7,231,000 3,811,000 8,068,000 8,871,000             
          purchase of upminster, net of cash acquired
                                                                                        
          proceeds from convertible debt
                                                                                       
          capped call costs
                                                                                       
          other financing obligations
                                                                                         
          purchase of paris 4 ibx property
                                                                  -14,951,000                     
          purchase of frankfurt ibx property
                                                                                        
          allowance for doubtful accounts
                                                                   1,027,000 1,204,000                     
          purchase of virtu, net of cash acquired
                                                                             -23,241,000         
          purchase of amsterdam ibx property
                                                                                         
          purchase of restricted cash
                                                                      -474,000 -686,000 -1,000 -2,000 -310,000 -583,000 -1,065,000 -13,169,000         
          amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount
                                                                        5,554,000 6,581,000 6,496,000 3,277,000 2,437,000             
          accretion of asset retirement obligation & accrued restructuring charges
                                                                                         
          gain on foreign currency hedge
                                                                                        
          purchase of los angeles ibx property
                                                                                  -19,000       
          purchase of san jose ibx property
                                                                                   -6,500,000     
          purchase of ixeurope, net of cash acquired
                                                                                 -63,000        
          proceeds from asset sales
                                                                                         
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                                                                 -38,000        
          repayment of capital leases and other financing obligations
                                                                                         
          repayment of mortgage and notes payable
                                                                                         
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
                                                                                         
          accrued property, plant and equipment
                                                                          460,000 6,050,000 -33,872,000             
          convertible debt issuance costs
                                                                                         
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                                                             1,134,000 1,172,000 1,178,000 1,403,000 1,242,000 812,000 784,000 389,000     
          cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                     -376,000 
          purchase of chicago ibx property
                                                                                       
          proceeds from borrowings under credit line
                                                                                        
          proceeds from mortgage payable and loans payable
                                                                                         
          repayment of borrowings from credit line
                                                                                     -40,000,000 -30,000,000 
          prepaids and other assets
                                                                              -2,737,000 2,817,000 -2,098,000 8,290,000 959,000 -1,458,000 -1,326,000 -969,000 -253,000 -856,000 -1,196,000 
          purchases of other property and equipment
                                                                              -95,445,000 -84,458,000 -125,643,000 -121,002,000 -88,921,000   -59,387,000 -46,620,000   
          change in accrued property and equipment
                                                                              10,226,000           
          accrued property and equipment
                                                                                -3,065,000 16,035,000 -23,939,000 31,425,000 16,454,000 4,740,000 -3,341,000 3,643,000 2,512,000 
          net loss
                                                                                   1,217,000 -4,456,000 9,111,000 -5,168,000 -5,270,000 -5,070,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                         
          purchase of los angeles ibx properties
                                                                                         
          purchase of ashburn campus property
                                                                                         
          proceeds from exercise of warrants, stock options and employee stock purchase plans
                                                                                     10,080,000 8,180,000   
          proceeds from mortgage payable
                                                                                         
          proceeds from los angeles ibx financing
                                                                                         
          repayment of mortgage payable
                                                                                 -577,000 -543,000 -533,000 -497,000 -269,000 -319,000 -311,000 -205,000 
          amortization of intangible assets and non-cash prepaid rent
                                                                                  423,000 121,000 145,000  225,000 397,000 211,000 
          other
                                                                                         
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisition:
                                                                                         
          maturities and sales of investments
                                                                                         
          purchases of san jose ibx properties
                                                                                         
          proceeds from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plans
                                                                                  10,406,000 6,876,000 10,286,000    14,714,000 
          proceeds from convertible subordinated notes
                                                                                  395,986,000 250,000,000     
          proceeds from borrowings from credit line
                                                                                         
          other reconciling items
                                                                                   -140,000 -237,000     
          proceeds from loan payable
                                                                                   44,656,000 24,607,000     
          purchases of property and equipment
                                                                                    -67,056,000    -26,613,000 
          amortization of intangible assets & non-cash prepaid rent
                                                                                         
          non-cash interest expense
                                                                                     237,000 227,000 208,000 208,000 
          loss on debt extinguishment and conversion
                                                                                         
          gain on honolulu ibx sale
                                                                                         
          proceeds from honolulu ibx sale
                                                                                         
          proceeds from sale of other property and equipment
                                                                                         
          sale of restricted cash
                                                                                         
          proceeds from convertible subordinated debentures
                                                                                         
          repayment of credit facility
                                                                                         
          allowance for (recovery of) doubtful accounts
                                                                                      -136,000 134,000 18,000 
          loss on disposal of assets
                                                                                      3,000 2,000 1,000 
          sale of investments
                                                                                         
          proceeds from sale of property and equipment
                                                                                      2,000 6,000 
          depreciation and accretion
                                                                                         
          amortization of stock-based compensation
                                                                                         
          amortization of debt-related issuance costs and discounts
                                                                                         
          non-cash interest on convertible secured notes
                                                                                         
          amortization of deferred rent
                                                                                         
          tax benefit from employee stock option plans
                                                                                         
          recovery of doubtful accounts
                                                                                         
          prepaids and other current assets
                                                                                         
          other current liabilities
                                                                                         
          purchases of short-term and long-term investments
                                                                                         
          maturities of short-term investments
                                                                                         
          sales of short-term investments
                                                                                         
          purchase of restricted cash and short-term investments
                                                                                         
          sale of restricted cash and short-term investments
                                                                                         
          proceeds from issuance of stock
                                                                                         
          proceeds from convertible secured notes