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Get hired on Pennsylvania's
data centers
Pennsylvania is building 7.9 GW of new data centers across 14 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
14 sites |15,109 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
7.9 GW
Total workers on site at peak
15,109
Building sites
14
Why now
Why Pennsylvania, why now
Pennsylvania is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 14 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), QTS, Prologis (developer; tenant undisclosed), Unknown (Air Products as developer/applicant). 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 0.6x as many new workers as Pennsylvania usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Pennsylvania playbook
- Which trade to pick in Pennsylvania — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Pennsylvania data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Pennsylvania unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Pennsylvania pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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