Posts tagged data centers
Why the Building Construction Unions Love Data Centers
March 25, 2026 // There’s a building boom going on in America – but it isn’t so much housing or office buildings. It’s data centers. This explains why even though liberals are rebelling against data centers, union workers love the high-paying jobs they create. Here’s a construction industry milestone
AI Needs Data Centers—and People to Build Them
October 6, 2025 // That brings us to the second tool for expanding the skilled workforce: convincing more people to pursue a career in the trades. Here, policymakers should tap into the vast potential workforce among young men released from prison for nonviolent offenses by expanding inmates’ access to vocational education. Only a small fraction of this group currently receives such training. And to train more would-be tradesmen in general, we need to make training more effective—and more interesting. Technology can help here, too. Leading construction-equipment makers already use virtual reality and augmented-reality systems for their training simulators. Tests show VR training significantly improves users’ training-completion and employment outcomes.