The Union That Wired America: The IBEW Story
From dangerous early linework to today’s energy grid, data centers and electrical apprenticeships, the history of the IBEW is a story of skill, safety, training and worker solidarity.
Trade Scholarships, Training Grants, and Workforce Programs to Watch as the Data Center Boom Grows
This roundup highlights scholarships, training grants, workforce development programs, and application opportunities tied to the skilled trades, construction, apprenticeship, AI infrastructure, and data center-related workforce needs. Some programs are designed for individual workers or students. Others are grant opportunities for nonprofit training providers, apprenticeship programs, workforce boards, community colleges, or labor-aligned organizations.
Data Center Watch: What Happened This Week — August 30, 2026
This week’s data center news made one thing clear: the data center boom is no longer just a technology story. It is now a labor story, an energy story, a water story, a political story, and a community trust story.
Across the country, AI and cloud computing are driving a massive buildout of new data centers. But the public conversation is changing quickly. Communities are asking tougher questions about electricity use, water demand, local infrastructure, noise, land use, tax incentives, and whether these projects will create meaningful local jobs.
Data Center Watch: Why Labor Needs to Pay Attention to the Data Center Boom
Data centers are not just part of the tech economy. They are part of America’s infrastructure economy.
NABTU, BlackRock, and AI Infrastructure Partnership Launch Strategic Collaboration to Support America’s Infrastructure Workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6, 2026 — North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), BlackRock, and the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the growth of domestic infrastructure, expand workforce participation opportunities, strengthen supply chain resilience, and foster long-term economic development associated with AI and energy infrastructure investment. Through the MOU,…