American Tower Corporation Data Center News

American Tower Opens Edge Data Center in Raleigh, North Carolina

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 ...

May 23, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data cente...

February 13, 2025

Nolan Turner

Austin

CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center

American Towner-owned company CoreSite is planning to “rehabilitate and activate” an abandoned industrial site in Denver as part of a proposed tax agreement. The data center campus will span 600,000 square feet and create up to 75 new trades and technology-oriented jobs, according to a present...

September 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Denver

Upstack acquires consulting firm Performance Networks in Denver

Data center directory firm Upstack has acquired Performance Networks, a telecommunications consulting company based in Denver which specializes in sourcing and managing complex telecom networks primarily for large enterprises.“Performance Networks’ commitment to customer experience and client...

July 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Denver

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

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 cent...

May 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Atlanta

Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI En...

April 29, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Austin

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

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 ...

December 06, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

American Tower enters partnership with MTN Nigeria

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 nex...

November 15, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

ATC names new CEO as Tom Barlett retires

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 presid...

October 31, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

American Tower to cut emissions intensity in African tower

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...

October 16, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

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 per...

July 04, 2023

Atlanta

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

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 ...

July 04, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

American Tower Corporation

Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

A data center for sale or lease is available in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Colliers and Five 9s Digital are offering the McKees Rock facility located at 615 McMichael Road. The site is listed for lease in Colliers' materials, but Five 9s claims it can be purchased or leased. The circa 1980-cons...

June 01, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Pittsburgh

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

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...

April 28, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Atlanta

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new construct...

February 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Austin

A new data center is planned for Tilford Yard

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 ...

January 23, 2023

Atlanta

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

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 annou...

July 15, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CoreSite

StratCap Completes Acquisition of Data Center in Jacksonville, Florida For Undisclosed Fee

StratCap has announced the acquisition of a data center in Jacksonville, Florida. The company revealed that its data center real estate division, StratCap Data Centers bought a triple net leased data center for an undisclosed fee. The facility spans 2,400 square meters (25,600 square feet) and...

July 13, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

StratCap Data Centers

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

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 int...

July 11, 2022

Eric Bell

American Tower Corporation

CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers

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)...

June 09, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CoreSite

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