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Get hired on Maryland's
data centers
Maryland is building 2.4 GW of new data centers across 4 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
4 sites |4,587 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
2.4 GW
Total workers on site at peak
4,587
Building sites
4
Why now
Why Maryland, why now
Maryland is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 4 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), Rowan Digital Infrastructure. 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 0.3x as many new workers as Maryland usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Maryland playbook
- Which trade to pick in Maryland — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Maryland data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Maryland unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Maryland pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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