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Acquisition of Real Estate (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
acre
sqft
Jul. 08, 2014
acre
sqft
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Cash consideration paid for acquisition $ 47,963,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate $ 201,145,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate      
Princeton Facility [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Aggregate costs related to acquisition       73,300,000qts_BusinessAcquisitionCostsOfAcquiredAggregateEntityCostsCapitalized
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= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
 
Acres of real estate property       194qts_AcresOfRealEstateProperty
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= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
 
Area of facility       560,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
 
Lease period     10 years    
Renewal of lease period     15 years    
Princeton Facility [Member] | Raised Floor With Twelve MW Gross Power [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Area of facility       58,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
 
Capacity of the plant       12qts_PlantCapacity
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= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
 
Chicago Facility [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Aggregate costs related to acquisition         $ 18,000,000qts_BusinessAcquisitionCostsOfAcquiredAggregateEntityCostsCapitalized
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
Acres of real estate property         30qts_AcresOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
Area of facility         317,000qts_AreaOfFacility
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
Chicago Facility [Member] | Scenario, Plan [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Area of facility   400,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPlanMember
400,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
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= us-gaap_ScenarioPlanMember
   
Chicago Facility [Member] | Raised Floor With Twelve MW Gross Power [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Area of facility         133,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
Capacity of the plant         24qts_PlantCapacity
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
Chicago Facility [Member] | Raised Floor With Twelve MW Gross Power [Member] | Scenario, Plan [Member]          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Area of facility   215,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPlanMember
215,000qts_AreaOfFacility
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPlanMember
   
Capacity of the plant   37qts_PlantCapacity
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_ScenarioPlanMember
37qts_PlantCapacity
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= qts_ChicagoFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
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