Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom | TechCrunch

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News Summary

  • Workers moving into data-center construction are seeing pay jumps of 25% to 30% compared to their previous jobs.
  • Companies are sweetening the pot with perks like heated break tents, free lunches, daily incentive bonuses, and even remote project management positions.
  • The surge comes as tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft race to build hundreds of new data centers, colliding with an industry-wide shortage of roughly 439,000 skilled workers.Join a free webinar hosted by Pantheon on Tuesday December 9 at 10am PT to learn where spend delivers & how to build a 2026 strategy grounded in real results.
The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive data centers that power it all. According to The WSJ, workers moving into datacenter construction are seeing pay [+1092 chars]

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