BREAKING
Electricians Weigh Data Center Ethics
0
B
2025 top-four capex
0
B
prior year capex
A Deepening Electrician Shortage
Build cost share %
70
Annual shortfall (k)
81
McKinsey need (k)
130
0
%
oppose local builds
0
%
strongly opposed
0
%
cite resource impact
Opportunity vs Misgivings
The Upside
Pay
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Journeymen over $120,000 a year
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Over $200,000 with overtime
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Gen Z applications climbing
The Doubts
Ethics
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Community opposition
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Fears of an AI bubble
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Sense of being complicit
Caught Between Demand and Ethics
AI NEWS BLITZ
US electricians are torn over whether to help build the AI data center boom.