Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	14. Subsequent Events On July 8, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the former Sun Times Press facility in downtown Chicago, Illinois, for approximately $18 million. The facility is approximately 317,000 gross square feet with capacity for approximately 134,000 square feet of raised floor and 24 MW of power. The Company intends to redevelop the facility which will increase its size to approximately 400,000 gross square feet with raised floor capacity of approximately 215,000 square feet and 37MW of power. The facility also has access to long haul fiber and is situated on 30 acres of developable land. This acquisition was funded with a draw on the Unsecured Credit Facility. In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the Company will account for this acquisition as an asset acquisition. On July 23, 2014, the Operating Partnership and QTS Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership formed solely for the purpose of facilitating the offering of the notes described below (collectively, the “Issuers”), issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (“the Notes”). The Notes have an interest rate of 5.875% per annum and were issued at a price equal to 99.211% of their face value. The proceeds from the offering were used to repay amounts outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Facility, including $75 million outstanding under the unsecured term loan. The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future subsidiaries (other than foreign subsidiaries and receivables entities) that guarantee any indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any other subsidiary guarantor. The Company will not initially guarantee the Notes and will not be required to guarantee the Notes except under certain circumstances. The offering was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 23, 2014, among the Operating Partnership, QTS Finance Corporation, the Company, the guarantors named therein, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Indenture”). On July 8, 2014, the Company paid its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per common share to stockholders and operating partnership unit holders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2014. In August, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per common share, payable on October 7, 2014, to stockholders and operating partnership unit holders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2014. In August 2014, the Company expanded the capacity of its unsecured revolving credit facility by $10 million, expanding the unsecured revolving credit capacity to $410 million, and the Company expanded the Richmond Credit Facility by $40 million, expanding its capacity to $120 million.

14. Subsequent Events

On July 8, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of the former Sun Times Press facility in downtown Chicago, Illinois, for approximately $18 million. The facility is approximately 317,000 gross square feet with capacity for approximately 134,000 square feet of raised floor and 24 MW of power. The Company intends to redevelop the facility which will increase its size to approximately 400,000 gross square feet with raised floor capacity of approximately 215,000 square feet and 37MW of power. The facility also has access to long haul fiber and is situated on 30 acres of developable land. This acquisition was funded with a draw on the Unsecured Credit Facility. In accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, the Company will account for this acquisition as an asset acquisition.

On July 23, 2014, the Operating Partnership and QTS Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership formed solely for the purpose of facilitating the offering of the notes described below (collectively, the “Issuers”), issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2022 (“the Notes”). The Notes have an interest rate of 5.875% per annum and were issued at a price equal to 99.211% of their face value. The proceeds from the offering were used to repay amounts outstanding under the Unsecured Credit Facility, including $75 million outstanding under the unsecured term loan. The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by all of the Operating Partnership’s existing and future subsidiaries (other than foreign subsidiaries and receivables entities) that guarantee any indebtedness of the Company, the Issuers or any other subsidiary guarantor. The Company will not initially guarantee the Notes and will not be required to guarantee the Notes except under certain circumstances. The offering was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of July 23, 2014, among the Operating Partnership, QTS Finance Corporation, the Company, the guarantors named therein, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “Indenture”).

On July 8, 2014, the Company paid its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per common share to stockholders and operating partnership unit holders of record as of the close of business on June 20, 2014.

In August, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per common share, payable on October 7, 2014, to stockholders and operating partnership unit holders of record as of the close of business on September 19, 2014.

In August 2014, the Company expanded the capacity of its unsecured revolving credit facility by $10 million, expanding the unsecured revolving credit capacity to $410 million, and the Company expanded the Richmond Credit Facility by $40 million, expanding its capacity to $120 million.