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Get hired on Alabama's
data centers
Alabama is building 16 MW of new data centers across 4 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
4 sites |29 workers at peak |Built by Meta
Still to build
16 MW
Total workers on site at peak
29
Building sites
4
Why now
Why Alabama, why now
Alabama is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 4 sites from companies like Meta, Google, Core Scientific. The work is steady, it lasts for years, and there are not enough local workers for it.
The trades needed most here: electricians, carpenters, ironworkers. For electricians, the data centers alone need 0x as many new workers as Alabama usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Alabama playbook
- Which trade to pick in Alabama — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Alabama data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Alabama unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Alabama pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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