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Read American Tower Pauses Plans for Edge Data Center in Indianapolis, Indiana
American Tower Pauses Plans for Edge Data Center in Indianapolis, Indiana

American Tower Pauses Plans for Edge Data Center in Indianapolis, Indiana

February 06, 2026 American Tower Corporation

US tower and data center firm American Tower has dropped plans to develop an Edge facility at a telecoms site in Indianapolis, Indiana.The single-story building would have totaled 4MW on seven acres of the 53-acre property. The company was planning to use a closed-loop cooling system and not...

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Read Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta
Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta

Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta

September 12, 2025 Atlanta

The City of Alpharetta last week announced that Equifax was investing $25 million to expand its Alpharetta campus, located in Fulton County. The expansion includes the renovation of the third floor of the JV White 1 building, converting it from a data center into collaborative office space. “The...

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Read American Tower Opens Edge Data Center in Raleigh, North Carolina
American Tower Opens Edge Data Center in Raleigh, North Carolina

American Tower Opens Edge Data Center in Raleigh, North Carolina

May 23, 2025 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation has opened its Edge data center in Raleigh, North Carolina, marking the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site, the company's first data center in North Carolina’s Research Triangle region.The company notes that its Edge data centers are able to address the...

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Read Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments
Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

May 10, 2024 Atlanta

Atlanta City Councilmen Jason Dozier and Matt Westmoreland have introduced bills to block data center developments around certain areas of the Georgia city near transit stops and the Beltline. “Excited to introduce legislation alongside Matt Westmoreland to address the rapid growth of data...

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Read ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on
ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on

ATC Kenya demands $3.2 million down payement from Telkom to turn tower sites back on

December 06, 2023 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation Kenya (ATC Kenya) has demanded a down payment of KES500 million ($3.26m) and KES150m ($978k) per month from Telkom Kenya to turn back on mast sites it switched off earlier this year. Reports note that ATC had turned off 246 mast sites seven months ago and is yet to...

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Read American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria
American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria

American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria

November 15, 2023 American Tower Corporation

American Tower's African subsidiary, ATC Africa, recently signed a communication agreement with MTN Nigeria focused on 'driving sustainable networks.' Following this agreement, ATC Africa will facilitate new tenancies for MTN Nigeria over a multi-year period, starting in the second half of next...

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Read ATC names new CEO as Tom Barlett retires
ATC names new CEO as Tom Barlett retires

ATC names new CEO as Tom Barlett retires

October 31, 2023 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation (ATC) recently revealed that Tom Bartlett will retire as president, CEO, and board director on February 1, 2024. The company announced that Steve Vondran would succeed Barlett, taking over his positions. Moreso, Vondran has been appointed as the executive vice president...

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Read American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower
American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower

American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower

October 16, 2023 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation (ATC) Africa has begun to progressively push its sustainability strategy as it announced that direct greenhouse emissions (GHG) per tower dropped by 21 percent against its 2019 baseline. ATC notes that this was down to an "increased deployment of on-site solar power."...

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Read Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center
Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

July 04, 2023 Atlanta

Construction on Edge Energy's Atlanta, Georgia data center is underway, with the company commencing work on July 1st. Located at Tilford Yard, the company bought the 158 acre-site back in July 2021; 70 acres will be dedicated to data center development. In January 2023, it filed a building permit...

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Read American Tower submits plans to construct Edge data center in San Antonio, Texas
American Tower submits plans to construct Edge data center in San Antonio, Texas

American Tower submits plans to construct Edge data center in San Antonio, Texas

July 04, 2023 American Tower Corporation

American Tower has submitted proposals for a new San Antonio, Texas, Edge data center. The tower company applied to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation last month to establish the 'American Tower Data Center - Highway 90'. The company intends to invest $15 million in constructing a...

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Read NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach
NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

April 28, 2023 Atlanta

After a ransomware assault caused a data center outage that disrupted its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint apps, NCR is making progress toward restoring services. For the subset of CMC customers who were impacted by the incident, online ordering has resumed and NCR's Command Center...

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Read A new data center is planned for Tilford Yard
A new data center is planned for Tilford Yard

A new data center is planned for Tilford Yard

January 23, 2023 Atlanta

According to reports, a new data center is planned for Tilford Yard, on Atlanta’s Westside, under the project name Edged. This announcement comes following the filing of a building permit for a nearly 210,000-square-foot, two-level data center.Further to this, records show that Endeavour, the...

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Read Stonepeak Acquiring Stake in American Tower's CoreSite For $2.5bn
Stonepeak Acquiring Stake in American Tower's CoreSite For $2.5bn

Stonepeak Acquiring Stake in American Tower's CoreSite For $2.5bn

July 15, 2022 American Tower Corporation

Stonepeak has revealed that it is acquiring a 29 percent stake in American Tower’s Coresite data center business. The investment firm will pay $2.5 billion for the stake in the business. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. According to an...

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Read American Tower Partners With Stonepeak in U.S. Data Center Business
American Tower Partners With Stonepeak in U.S. Data Center Business

American Tower Partners With Stonepeak in U.S. Data Center Business

July 11, 2022 American Tower Corporation

BOSTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) and Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, today announced that Stonepeak, on behalf of certain affiliated investment vehicles, will acquire an ownership...

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Read CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers
CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers

CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers

June 09, 2022 American Tower Corporation

CoreSite has integrated three data centers from American Tower into its data center portfolio. The data centers are located in Florida and Georgia. The three data centers are Orlando OR1, located at 9701 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, Atlanta AT1, located at 55 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta), and...

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Read American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

December 31, 2021 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation. The company completed the acquisition by merging one of its subsidiaries with CoreSite. American Tower funded the transaction through borrowings revolving around term loans...

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Read American Tower acquires CoreSite for $10.1 billion
American Tower acquires CoreSite for $10.1 billion

American Tower acquires CoreSite for $10.1 billion

November 16, 2021 American Tower Corporation

American Tower has completed the acquisition of CoreSite for $10.1 billion. According to American Tower, the acquisition of CoreSite will help transform its mobile computing business. Coresite operates up to 25 data centers in the United States. CEO of American Tower, Tom Bartlett, said American...

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Read American Tower acquires DataSite
American Tower acquires DataSite

American Tower acquires DataSite

October 08, 2021 American Tower Corporation

American Tower has announced that it has completed the acquisition of DataSite. American Tower has now added two new data centers to its portfolio of state-of-the-art colocation facilities with the purchases. In addition, the investment also means American Tower will now manage and operate...

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Read Colony Bank Chooses Colo Atl Data Center
Colo Atl, the leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, data center and interconnection services at 55 Marietta Street in Atlanta, is proud to welcome Colony Bankcorp, Inc., a bank holding co...

Colony Bank Chooses Colo Atl Data Center

July 24, 2018 American Tower: 55 Marietta

Colo Atl, the leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, data center and interconnection services at 55 Marietta Street in Atlanta, is proud to welcome Colony Bankcorp, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in Fitzgerald, GA with twenty-seven offices located in central, southern and...

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