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Get hired on Texas's
data centers
Texas is building 20.3 GW of new data centers across 63 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
63 sites |38,922 workers at peak |Built by Skybox Datacenters
Still to build
20.3 GW
Total workers on site at peak
38,922
Building sites
63
Why now
Why Texas, why now
Texas is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 63 sites from companies like Skybox Datacenters, CoreWeave, Meta, Google. 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 0.5x as many new workers as Texas usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Texas playbook
- Which trade to pick in Texas — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Texas data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Texas unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Texas pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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