Though American Tower and American Tower purchased the Colo Atl data center in Atlanta and SBA Communications acquired a data center in Chicago called New Continuum, presumably to explore potential roles in edge computing facilities, Crown Castle does not see that as part of its own strategy.
“At this point, I really don’t see data centers playing a significant role in our long-term strategy,” said Jay Brown, Crown Castle CEO. “ We think the opportunity for us really relies around towers and then the use of fiber for small cells.”
“We think that the vast majority of the opportunity is going to lie in those two areas (small cells and towers), he said.
“We think there’s opportunity, not only to create potentially a lease-up business by utilizing the space at the very edge of the network, which we would have as a result of our investments in small cells and towers,” he added.
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