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In Kentucky, AT&T invested more than $1.2 billion in our network infrastructure from 2019-2023 to connect more people to greater possibility. Cities and communities throughout Kentucky are seeing the impacts of this investment, including nearly $45 million in the Bowling Green region.
Committed to expanding connectivity, our investment focuses on all facets of the network —including fiber, 5G and FirstNet®, Built with AT&T.
And we’re not just investing in our network, we’re also investing in our communities. AT&T recently announced it’s committing an additional $3 billion by 2030 to help close the digital divide, bringing the company’s total commitment to $5 billion since 2021. As part of this commitment, AT&T and Human I-T provided the Bowling Green Area Chamber Foundation with 25 refurbished laptops in October, to distribute to students in need in the community. Those computers, funded by an AT&T contribution, were presented to students involved in the Chamber’s SCK LAUNCH career development program.
Our investments don’t stop there. We know keeping our network and operations up and running is critical for the millions of people who rely on the connectivity we provide. With increasing regularity, our network is tested by climate-related weather events and natural disasters, which is why it is important we ensure its resilience in the face of climate-related risks. AT&T collaborates with the U. S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory to leverage best-in-class climate data which helps us understand how climate impacts could affect our network and operations up to 30 years in the future and down to the neighborhood level. Combined with near-term forecasts and historical trends, these projections help us anticipate, prepare for and adapt to a changing climate.
Now we’ve made these rich climate datasets available to the public for free via the Climate Risk and Resilience (ClimRR) portal so others can build resilience. ClimRR enables state and local governments and public safety officials to understand how climate risks such as extreme heat, heavy rainfall, wildfire and drought will affect their populations. By sharing the climate data, we hope to help communities better understand and address the long-term impacts of climate change locally.
Recently, AT&T selected Kentucky’s Barren River Area Development District (BRADD) to participate in our Climate Resilient Communities Initiative (CRCI). The CRCI tailors that climate data to the local area so it can help local officials anticipate environmental hazards and develop plans or even current actions to help address them.
To keep up with all the latest updates from AT&T Kentucky, visit attconnects.com/kentucky.
Carlos E. Sanchez – President, AT&T Kentucky
Carlos E. Sanchez was named President of AT&T Kentucky in April 2022 and has been with AT&T for 22 years. He leads and executes the overall strategic direction of AT&T’s corporate initiatives across the Commonwealth.
Sanchez previously lived in Charlotte, North Carolina for twenty years where he worked as Government Affairs Director for AT&T North Carolina, and earlier as Regional Sales Director for BTI, a competitive local exchange carrier. Prior to moving to Charlotte, Sanchez was Executive Vice President of Kisa Internacional S.A., a telecommunications technology integrator in Bogotá, Colombia. He also lived in New York City where he operated a local cable television station. Before moving to New York, he and his family produced a weekly travel television program carried on The Travel Channel and the Telemundo Network.
Sanchez serves on the boards of directors of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, Greater Louisville, Inc., Louisville Economic Development Alliance (LEDA) and KentuckianaWorks and is a graduate of the Leadership Kentucky Class of 2023.
A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Sanchez has a B.A. in International Relations from Florida International University and an MBA from the McColl School of Business at Queens University. He and his wife live in Louisville and are parents of two adult children.
