Meta pledged to invest $115 million to train electricians, plumbers and other workers needed to operate data centers.
By Katie Paul NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - Meta is investing $115 million to stand up a new training program for data center ...
The initiative invests $115 million to develop a skilled workforce for expanding data center infrastructure nationwide.
Louisiana is one of four pilot sites for Meta's AI workforce training academies.
The five-week program, which is free of charge and guarantees a job, follows a recent layoff of 8,000 employees.
The program promises a "fast track" into long-term trades careers with a guaranteed job offer at the end of training.
Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a ...
The rush to build thousands of U.S. data centers is driving demand for some workers, though economists project fewer permanent jobs.