Description of Business - Additional Information (Detail) (QualityTech, LP [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Ownership interest of QTS Realty Trust, Inc. in limited partnership	78.80%
Other Assets [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Initial public offering issuance cost	$ 2.2

Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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