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Get hired on Michigan's
data centers
Michigan is building 2.5 GW of new data centers across 11 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
11 sites |4,765 workers at peak |Built by Google
Still to build
2.5 GW
Total workers on site at peak
4,765
Building sites
11
Why now
Why Michigan, why now
Michigan is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 11 sites from companies like Google, Microsoft, Switch, Metrobloks. 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 0.2x as many new workers as Michigan usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Michigan playbook
- Which trade to pick in Michigan — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Michigan data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Michigan unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Michigan pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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