AT&T uses climate-change models to deploy new cell sites [telecom]

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AT&T is working with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to assess the risks that climate change might pose for its business. The carrier has created a Climate Change Analysis Tool based Argonne's regional climate modeling, which is capable of visualizing climate impacts at the neighborhood level 30 years into the future.

Kelly King, who was recently named executive vice president of postpaid wireless products at AT&T, did a short stint in AT&T's Data Office. The group is using machine learning and artificial intel- ligence for a variety of initiatives, including climate-change modeling.