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Get hired on Mississippi's
data centers
Mississippi is building 2.6 GW of new data centers across 10 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
10 sites |4,900 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
2.6 GW
Total workers on site at peak
4,900
Building sites
10
Why now
Why Mississippi, why now
Mississippi is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 10 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), xAI, Compass, AVAIO Digital Partners. 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 Mississippi usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Mississippi playbook
- Which trade to pick in Mississippi — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Mississippi data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Mississippi unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Mississippi pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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