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Get hired on South Carolina's
data centers
South Carolina is building 1.2 GW of new data centers across 7 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
7 sites |2,389 workers at peak |Built by Google
Still to build
1.2 GW
Total workers on site at peak
2,389
Building sites
7
Why now
Why South Carolina, why now
South Carolina is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 7 sites from companies like Google, Eagle Rock Partners, DC BLOX, DOE (seeking private developer). 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 0.3x as many new workers as South Carolina usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The South Carolina playbook
- Which trade to pick in South Carolina — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every South Carolina data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the South Carolina unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- South Carolina pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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