BUSINESSJul 29 · 17:40 UTCQUARTZCris Tolomia

AI companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands to build data centers

Meta, Google, and BlackRock are funding apprenticeship programs and crash courses to recruit thousands of electricians and carpenters for a historic data center construction boom. The initiative aims to staff data centers as demand for AI infrastructure surges.

Nexus surfaces and summarizes. The full story lives at the source.

Mentioned

MetaorganizationGoogleorganizationBlackRockorganizationElectricianstopiccarpenterstopicdata centerstopicApprenticeship programstopiccrash coursestopic

Spot something wrong with this article?Report a problem →

Forward this

Related Signal

Adjacent reporting

BUSINESSJul 29 · 14:20 UTC
The AI data center boom is sparking fierce competition for skilled labor
BUSINESSJul 15 · 20:58 UTC
Electricians are training for an AI data center boom that may be over by graduation
BUSINESSJul 14 · 08:59 UTC
AI data centers are rising across America. Are you one of the workers building them?
BUSINESSJun 9 · 18:24 UTC
There is no AI boom without these workers. Meta just proved it.
TECHNOLOGYJun 28 · 09:10 UTC
AI is great if you're an electrician
TECHNOLOGYJun 11 · 18:46 UTC
The workers Meta and Google desperately need aren't in Silicon Valley