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Get hired on Ohio's
data centers
Ohio is building 15.4 GW of new data centers across 40 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
40 sites |29,533 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
15.4 GW
Total workers on site at peak
29,533
Building sites
40
Why now
Why Ohio, why now
Ohio is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 40 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), Google, Meta, Microsoft. 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 1.1x as many new workers as Ohio usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Ohio playbook
- Which trade to pick in Ohio — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Ohio data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Ohio unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Ohio pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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