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Get hired on Oklahoma's
data centers
Oklahoma is building 1.8 GW of new data centers across 12 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
12 sites |3,379 workers at peak |Built by Google
Still to build
1.8 GW
Total workers on site at peak
3,379
Building sites
12
Why now
Why Oklahoma, why now
Oklahoma is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 12 sites from companies like Google, Meta, Cerebras, IREN. 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 0.4x as many new workers as Oklahoma usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Oklahoma playbook
- Which trade to pick in Oklahoma — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Oklahoma data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Oklahoma unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Oklahoma pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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