Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	May. 03, 2016
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	QTS Realty Trust, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001577368
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Common Class A [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		47,624,279
Common Class B [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		133,000
Qualitytech, LP [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	QualityTech, LP
Entity Central Index Key	0001561164
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31