Building trades unions join forces with tech giants in AI data center push

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News Source : Associated Press

News Summary

  • Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects.
  • They’ve also become an ally of tech giants and tech-friendly government officials.
  • Unions in a number of states are reporting skyrocketing man hours, apprentice classes doubling in size.
  • Tech giants say they need to train hundreds of thousands more workers in skilled trades.
  • They are spending tens of millions of dollars on training programs, including partnerships with unions that they hire to build their multibillion-dollar projects.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Building trades unions long fashioned as the voice of the American worker are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create Americas artificial intellige [+7247 chars]

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