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Get hired on North Dakota's
data centers
North Dakota is building 2.5 GW of new data centers across 9 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
9 sites |4,877 workers at peak |Built by Applied Digital
Still to build
2.5 GW
Total workers on site at peak
4,877
Building sites
9
Why now
Why North Dakota, why now
North Dakota is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 9 sites from companies like Applied Digital, CoreWeave, NextEra Energy Resources, Critical Data House. 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 1.4x as many new workers as North Dakota usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The North Dakota playbook
- Which trade to pick in North Dakota — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every North Dakota data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the North Dakota unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- North Dakota pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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