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Get hired on Louisiana's
data centers
Louisiana is building 3 GW of new data centers across 8 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
8 sites |5,826 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
3 GW
Total workers on site at peak
5,826
Building sites
8
Why now
Why Louisiana, why now
Louisiana is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 8 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), Hut 8, Meta, Applied Digital. 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 0.4x as many new workers as Louisiana usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Louisiana playbook
- Which trade to pick in Louisiana — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Louisiana data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Louisiana unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Louisiana pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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