Meta to train workers to build data centers, other AI infrastructure in Indiana
The academy will offer paid training, industry credentials and guaranteed job opportunities as Meta expands data center and AI projects.
- On Monday, Meta announced the launch of its $115M America's Workforce Academy across Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, and Texas, designed to connect workers with skilled-trade careers tied to data center and infrastructure development.
- Tech companies racing to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure increasingly face a shortage of skilled workers to build and maintain facilities, with electricians, fiber technicians, and welders remaining in short supply as demand accelerates.
- Participants receive paid training, earn industry-recognized credentials, and are guaranteed job opportunities upon completion, while Meta covers airfare, lodging, daily costs, and tuition for trainees.
- Working with the Boone County Economic Development Corporation, Meta is establishing training in Indianapolis, with the first cohort of fiber installers launching in Louisiana and graduates immediately placed with Meta contractors.
- Policymakers frame AI development as part of broader competition with China, with Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick stating that treating skilled workers as American heroes is essential to competing globally.
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Meta to train workers to build data centers, other AI infrastructure in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — Meta Platforms, Inc., the technology company behind Facebook that was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, is planning to teach workers how to build data centers in Indiana. On Monday, Meta announced the launch of America's Workforce Academy, an initiative designed to give workers the training they need to build infrastructure required for artificial intelligence [...]
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