Dec 01, 2021 / 01:40PM GMT
Eric Thomas Luebchow - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division - Associate Analyst
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our second day of the Wells Fargo TMT Summit. I'm Eric Luebchow, Senior Analyst covering the communications infrastructure sector and really pleased this morning to be joined by Rod Smith, the CFO of American Tower. Rod, thanks for joining us.
Rodney M. Smith - American Tower Corporation - Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer
Yes. Good morning, Eric, it's good to be here. Good morning, everyone.
Questions and Answers:
Eric Thomas Luebchow - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division - Associate AnalystSo Rod, I wanted to jump into something that's obviously been really topical given the recent announcement, and that's your acquisition -- announced acquisition of CoreSite. We certainly heard your thoughts about the synergies with the metro and mobile edge. But perhaps you could share your general view on why data centers are an asset class you need to own versus partner with? And then why