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Acquisition of Real Estate (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
sqft
acre
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Cash consideration paid for acquisition $ 73,399,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate $ 59,165,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAndDevelopRealEstate  
Princeton Facility [Member]      
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Aggregate costs related to acquisition     $ 73,300,000qts_BusinessAcquisitionCostsOfAcquiredAggregateEntityCostsCapitalized
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
Acres of real estate property     194qts_AcresOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
Area of facility     560,000qts_AreaOfFacility
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= 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
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember
Capacity of the plant     12qts_PlantCapacity
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= qts_PrincetonFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= qts_RaisedFloorWithTwelveMwGrossPowerMember