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Get hired on Kentucky's
data centers
Kentucky is building 3 GW of new data centers across 2 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
2 sites |5,760 workers at peak |Built by Core Scientific
Still to build
3 GW
Total workers on site at peak
5,760
Building sites
2
Why now
Why Kentucky, why now
Kentucky is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 2 sites from companies like Core Scientific, DOE (seeking private developer). 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 0.6x as many new workers as Kentucky usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Kentucky playbook
- Which trade to pick in Kentucky — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Kentucky data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Kentucky unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Kentucky pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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