American Tower's African subsidiary ATC Africa has announced a partnership with PowerX to drive Africa's telecoms industry to become more sustainable.

The partnership will leverage UK-based PowerX's AI solutions, which will enable African telecom companies to optimize energy usage at their tower sites.

Following a successful joint program, ATC Africa has introduced PowerX’s AI analytics across several sites in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda.

The AI has enabled ATC Africa to better analyze data to optimize ATC’s site performance, ensuring maximum greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, the company has said.

ATC Africa's CEO and SVP Marek Busfy says the company has already invested over $300 million in energy efficiency improvements across the continent, while also investing in renewable energy deployments, and energy storage solutions to reduce the use of fossil fuels at our sites.

"Our strategic partnership with PowerX will place us at the forefront of the industry by leveraging the innovative power of AI data-led solutions to optimize the use of power and reduce GHG emissions."

ATC Africa is aiming to reduce its GHG emissions by at least 40 percent by 2035. Since launching in 2011, ATC Africa operates more than 23,000 sites across Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda.