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Get hired on Wisconsin's
data centers
Wisconsin is building 2.9 GW of new data centers across 7 sites. This shows you how to get one of those jobs.
7 sites |5,524 workers at peak |Built by Microsoft
Still to build
2.9 GW
Total workers on site at peak
5,524
Building sites
7
Why now
Why Wisconsin, why now
Wisconsin is one of the busiest data-center states in the country, with 7 sites from companies like Microsoft, Viridian Acquisitions LLC, Stargate / Vantage / Oracle / OpenAI, Meta. 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 0.4x as many new workers as Wisconsin usually adds in a year.
What's inside
The Wisconsin playbook
- Which trade to pick in Wisconsin — ranked by how short the builders are.
- The site map — every Wisconsin data center, who runs it, and where it stands.
- How to get hired — the Wisconsin unions and contractors, and how a new apprentice gets in.
- Wisconsin pay and how to get licensed — starting pay, the data-center bump, and the steps to journeyman.
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