The infrastructure behind the world’s connectivity.
A global owner and operator of communications real estate, connecting people, businesses and devices across more than 25 countries.
Our Platform
Real estate built for a connected world.
We own, operate and develop the physical and digital infrastructure that carries voice, data and video around the globe, leased to the world’s leading wireless carriers, cloud platforms and enterprises.
Global Reach
One company, five regions, one network of networks.
From dense urban markets to emerging rural communities, our portfolio spans the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia‑Pacific.
Our largest and most mature market. The U.S. & Canada property portfolio anchors the platform, with tower sites concentrated near dense population centers and interstate corridors to support 5G densification.
- United States
- Canada
A long-standing presence supporting rapid mobile broadband adoption, with towers serving both metropolitan hubs and underserved rural corridors.
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Chile
- Peru
One of the fastest-growing regions in the portfolio, where towers frequently serve as the first shared infrastructure to bring a community online.
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Kenya
- Ghana
- Uganda
A growing footprint supporting fibre-fed small cell densification in Western Europe and large-scale tower networks across South Asia.
- Germany
- France
- India
Since 1995
Three decades of building the network behind the network.
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1995
Company founded
American Tower Corporation is formed as an independent operator of wireless communications sites in the United States.
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1998
Public listing
The company lists on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMT, funding a period of rapid portfolio growth.
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2000s
International expansion begins
Entry into Mexico and Brazil marks the start of a platform that would grow across Latin America.
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2012
REIT conversion
American Tower converts to a real estate investment trust, aligning its structure with the long-duration, lease-based nature of its assets.
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2010s
Africa and India
The portfolio expands into Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, extending shared infrastructure to fast-growing, underserved markets.
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2021
CoreSite acquisition
The acquisition of CoreSite adds interconnection-rich U.S. data centers, extending the platform from towers to the network edge.
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Today
A global platform
Over 220,000 sites across more than 25 countries, connecting the operators, clouds and enterprises building tomorrow’s networks.
Every site we build is shared infrastructure: one investment that lets multiple carriers, and entire communities, get and stay connected.
American Tower · Our Approach
Sustainability
Infrastructure that serves people and the planet.
Connecting communities
Extending reliable, shared network infrastructure into rural and underserved areas across our footprint.
Cleaner power
Expanding renewable and hybrid power at remote sites to reduce diesel dependency and emissions.
Resilient by design
Building sites engineered to withstand severe weather, keeping communities connected when it matters most.
Community investment
Supporting local education, digital literacy and economic opportunity in the markets we serve.
Investors
A disciplined, long-term owner of essential infrastructure.
American Tower has operated as a REIT since 2012, with a portfolio built on long-term, non-cancelable leases with the world’s largest wireless carriers and technology companies.
- Founded
- 1995
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Exchange
- NYSE · AMT
- Structure
- Real Estate Investment Trust
Contact
Let’s build the next site together.
Whether you’re a carrier, an investor or a community partner, our team is ready to talk.