Debt Instrument Maturity Year

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- Definition

Percentage Of Fair Value

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Debt (Senior Notes) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Debt (Senior Notes) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 23, 2014	Nov. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Apr. 05, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate	5.875%
Debt issuance costs, net			$ 7,153	$ 7,671
Operating Partnership Quality Tech LP And QTS Finance Corporation
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount	$ 400,000
Interest rate	4.75%
Senior notes due	2025
Maturity date			Nov. 15, 2025
Debt issuance costs, net			$ 5,200
Percentage of issued price equal to face value	100.00%
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs, net			$ 6,100
Term Loan \| Interest Rate Swap
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount					$ 400,000
Term Loan Maturing December 17,2021 \| Unsecured Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date		Dec. 17, 2022
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date			Dec. 17, 2022