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.
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.