The 58,000-worker gap on fiber install is the part of the data center story that does not get covered. We run a job board for traveling trades workers and see it from the other side - the crews doing this work already live on the road, and the work moves state to state as each build finishes. Pay and per diem decide where they go next, so any workforce fix has to price that in or the crews just follow the better per diem to the next project. Our board is here if it is useful to anyone reading: https://roadtrades.com/jobs/
The 58,000-worker gap on fiber install is the part of the data center story that does not get covered. We run a job board for traveling trades workers and see it from the other side - the crews doing this work already live on the road, and the work moves state to state as each build finishes. Pay and per diem decide where they go next, so any workforce fix has to price that in or the crews just follow the better per diem to the next project. Our board is here if it is useful to anyone reading: https://roadtrades.com/jobs/
Thanks for sharing Larry that's super useful! I was looking for data on the data center specific shortages, this is really useful
Very impressive coverage of contech news, both in geography and topics 👌
Thanks Ciarán!