LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each
of Rodney M. Smith, Ruth Dowling, Mneesha O. Nahata and Marina A. Breed, 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 16(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 4th day of January, 2023.
/s/ Samme L. Thompson
Name: Samme L. Thompson