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Get hired on South Dakota's
data centers
South Dakota is building 500 MW of new data centers across 1 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
1 sites |960 workers at peak |Built by Gemini Data Center SD LLC
Still to build
500 MW
Total workers on site at peak
960
Building sites
1
Why now
Why South Dakota, why now
South Dakota is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 1 sites from companies like Gemini Data Center SD LLC. 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 Dakota usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The South Dakota playbook
- Which trade to pick in South Dakota — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every South Dakota data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the South Dakota unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- South Dakota pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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