Noncontrolling Interest (Narrative) (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Quality Tech LP ownership percentage in operating partnership	21.20%
Stock conversion ratio	1
Qualitytech, LP
Quality Tech LP ownership percentage in operating partnership	11.50%

Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187143-122770

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