Michael Bailey
Data Center Architect American Tower
I am in the Innovation Engineering group at American Tower. This team is tasked with finding new technology that will improve cost & efficiencies across the Data Center platform. My responsibility within this team is to focus on the design & implementation of new data centers for the Aggregation and EDGE.
Seminars
Wednesday 9th December 2026
Panel: Leveraging Modularization & Prefabrication to Accelerate Deployment & Bring Capacity Online Faster
9:10 am
- Evaluating when fully modular, partially prefabricated, or ground-up construction approaches are most appropriate for edge deployments to balance speed, cost, and operational requirements
- Assessing which components and systems can be standardized and prefabricated across deployments to improve delivery efficiency and reduce onsite construction risk
- Developing repeatable deployment models for distributed edge infrastructure to accelerate expansion into new markets and support future growth
Wednesday 9th December 2026
Designing Right-Sized Cooling Architectures for Edge, From Air-Cooled to Hybrid to Liquid, To Find Solutions That Fit Specific Workload Density & Application Requirements
1:20 pm
- Identifying the cooling requirements of different edge applications, workload densities, and AI use cases to avoid overbuilding infrastructure and unnecessary capital expenditure
- Comparing air-cooled, hybrid, and liquid-cooled architectures to determine when more advanced cooling solutions become operationally and commercially justified
- Balancing current requirements with future density growth to optimize facility design, control operating costs, and avoid costly retrofits
