Filing Details

QTS Realty Trust, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

74736A103

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2020

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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This Schedule 13G (this “Schedule 13G”) is being filed on behalf of Zimmer Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”), Sequentis Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sequentis”), Zimmer Partners GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “GP”), and Stuart J. Zimmer (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”).  Sequentis is the sole member of the GP. Stuart J. Zimmer, and a trust for his benefit are the sole members of Sequentis.  The GP is the general partner of the Investment Manager.  The Investment Manager is the investment manager of ZP Master Utility Fund, Ltd. (the “Master Fund”) and managed accounts (collectively with the Master Fund, the “Zimmer Accounts”).  This Schedule 13G relates to Class A Common Stock of QTS Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, held by the Zimmer Accounts.

 QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Issuer”)

12851 Foster Street,

Overland Park, KS 66213

For all Filers:

9 West 57^th Street, 33rd Floor

New York, NY 10019

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”)

74736A103

If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

(a)  [  ]

Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o)

(c)  [  ]

Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).

(d)  [  ]

Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).

(e)  [X]

An investment advisor in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

(f)   [  ]

An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).

(g)  [X]

A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).

(h)  [  ]

A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).

(i)   [  ]

A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).

(j)   [  ]

Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

(a)

The Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owners of 3,468,527 shares of Class A Common Stock.

(b)

The Reporting Persons may be deemed the beneficial owners of approximately 5.4% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.  This percentage was determined by dividing 3,468,527 by 64,307,096, which is the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of October 28, 2020, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on November 2, 2020, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(c)

The Reporting Persons have the shared power to vote and dispose of the 3,468,527 shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned.

Item 5

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Item 7

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Report on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person

Item 8

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

Item 9

Notice of Dissolution of Group

Item 10

Certification.

Exhibits

Exhibit 99-1

	Zimmer Partners, LP
	By:  Zimmer Partners GP, LLC, its general partner
	By:  /s/ Barbara Burger        BARBARA BURGER, Authorized Signatory
	Sequentis Financial LLC
	By:  /s/ Stuart J. Zimmer        STUART J. ZIMMER, Director
	Zimmer Partners GP, LLC
	By: Sequentis Financial LLC, Sole  Member
	By:   /s/ Stuart J. Zimmer        STUART J. ZIMMER, Director
	/s/ Stuart J. Zimmer
	Stuart J. Zimmer

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G (including any and all amendments thereto) with respect to the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of QTS Reality Trust, Inc. and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement shall be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings.

The undersigned further agree that each party hereto is responsible for the timely filing of such Statement on Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the accuracy and completeness of the information concerning such party contained therein; provided, however, that no party is responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning any other party, unless such party knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

This Joint Filing Agreement may be signed in counterparts with the same effect as if the signature on each counterpart were upon the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of January 29, 2021.