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Get hired on North Carolina's
data centers
North Carolina is building 2.7 GW of new data centers across 13 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
13 sites |5,201 workers at peak |Built by Microsoft
Still to build
2.7 GW
Total workers on site at peak
5,201
Building sites
13
Why now
Why North Carolina, why now
North Carolina is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 13 sites from companies like Microsoft, WhiteFiber, Apple, Core Scientific. 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 North Carolina usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The North Carolina playbook
- Which trade to pick in North Carolina — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every North Carolina data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the North Carolina unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- North Carolina pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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