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Google data center lead says ‘hundreds of thousands’ of skilled trade jobs are open across the U.S.—and they’re ‘just waiting to be filled’
Data centers have become a flashpoint in the debate over AI, with critics raising concerns about their impact on local communities, including water use, electricity demand , and noise pollution .
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Data centers have become a flashpoint in the debate over AI, with critics raising concerns about their impact on local communities, including water use, electricity demand , and noise pollution . But data centers are also creating massive demand for workers—especially people interested in the skilled trades. “Currently there are hundreds of thousands of skilled trade roles open across the U.S. just waiting to be filled,” Tim Chadwick, Google Data Center Operations Area lead for Ohio and Indiana, wrote in a blog post .
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