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Get hired on Arizona's
data centers
Arizona is building 8.3 GW of new data centers across 28 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
28 sites |15,873 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
8.3 GW
Total workers on site at peak
15,873
Building sites
28
Why now
Why Arizona, why now
Arizona is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 28 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), QTS, Aligned, Microsoft. 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 0.7x as many new workers as Arizona usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Arizona playbook
- Which trade to pick in Arizona — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Arizona data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Arizona unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Arizona pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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