The artificial-intelligence boom is creating well-paid opportunities for electricians and other skilled workers—many without requiring a four-year college degree.
Data centers are often discussed in terms of their enormous demands for electricity and water. This guest essay offers another side of the story: They are also creating good-paying union construction jobs, apprenticeships and careers that could support workers and their families for years.
Written by electrical workers’ union representative Don Slaiman and published by The New York Times, the article explains why the growth of artificial intelligence may bring real opportunities for people entering the skilled trades.