Free email playbook · CA
Get hired on California's
data centers
California is building 718 MW of new data centers across 10 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
10 sites |1,380 workers at peak |Built by Lambda
Still to build
718 MW
Total workers on site at peak
1,380
Building sites
10
Why now
Why California, why now
California is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 10 sites from companies like Lambda, Microsoft, Vantage, DOE NNSA / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 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 California usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The California playbook
- Which trade to pick in California — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every California data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the California unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- California pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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