News Summary

• Job postings that mention "physical security" and "data centers" have nearly quadrupled since early 2020.
• Data centers are becoming as critical to the economy as utilities and airports, says Eddie Sorrells, CEO of DSI Security Services.
• The push to hire security workers is occurring as data centers become more visible — and sometimes more contentious — across the US.
• A recent job listing for a senior data center security site evaluation program manager at the cloud computing company CoreWeave required at least five years of experience in physical security program management.
• The job includes evaluating sites, setting security standards, monitoring threats, and helping protect facilities as they expand.