LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of

Thomas A. Bartlett, Edmund DiSanto, Michael J. McCormack and Mneesha 0. Nahata, signing singly

and each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and

authority as hereinafter described to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director

of American Tower Corporation (the "Company"), Form ID, including other documents necessary to

obtain EDGAR codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the

Securities and Exchange Commission, Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the

"Exchange Act");



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such Form ID, Form 3, 4, or 5, prepare,

complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with

the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;



(3) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,

information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers,

employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person

to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of

information; and



(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in

the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the

undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise

of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and

confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully

do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The

undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request

of the undersigned, are not assuming nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact

assume (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the

Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or

(iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section I 6(b) of the

Exchange Act.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in

securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered

to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of October 2015.





/s/ Robert D. Hormats