Google and Meta are allocating $300 million to train electricians, welders, and pipe fitters as the rapid growth of AI fuels a massive data center construction boom.
Some partnerships for this initiative have already been established
Jun 12, 2026
06:36 pm
What's the storyIn a major development, tech giants Google and Meta have announced massive investments in skilled trades training.
The move comes as the artificial intelligence (AI) industry faces a shortage of workers who can perform tasks like laying pipes, wiring circuits, and welding steel.
Google funds 300,000 trades workers the AI boom needs
Why Google is investing millions in electricians, welders and pipefitters in the age of AI
The workers Meta and Google are scrambling to find
Google pledges $50 million to help train more than 300,000 skilled trade workers across the U.S.
Meta builds its AI data center worker pipeline
A 5-week course and a guaranteed job: Meta commits $115 million to solve the skilled-trades shortage stalling its AI build-out | Fortune
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As AI drives a data center boom, tech giants are backing trade programs to help fill a growing construction labor shortage.
The search giant's initiative follows similar efforts by Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and Meta.
The no-cost training program for skilled trades guarantees a job to graduates.
The investment is part of the company’s larger plan to spend $600 billion on its U.S. data center build-out by 2028.
