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Get hired on Minnesota's
data centers
Minnesota is building 4.4 GW of new data centers across 6 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
6 sites |8,537 workers at peak |Built by Unknown (hyperscale end user not disclosed)
Still to build
4.4 GW
Total workers on site at peak
8,537
Building sites
6
Why now
Why Minnesota, why now
Minnesota is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 6 sites from companies like Unknown (hyperscale end user not disclosed), Google, Tract, CloudHQ. 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 0.7x as many new workers as Minnesota usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Minnesota playbook
- Which trade to pick in Minnesota — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Minnesota data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Minnesota unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Minnesota pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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