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Get hired on Virginia's
data centers
Virginia is building 13.4 GW of new data centers across 70 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
70 sites |25,718 workers at peak |Built by Amazon (AWS)
Still to build
13.4 GW
Total workers on site at peak
25,718
Building sites
70
Why now
Why Virginia, why now
Virginia is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 70 sites from companies like Amazon (AWS), Microsoft, QTS, PowerHouse Data Centers. 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 1.1x as many new workers as Virginia usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Virginia playbook
- Which trade to pick in Virginia — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Virginia data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Virginia unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Virginia pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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