Meta Launches $115 Million AI Trade Academy, Promising Jobs for Data Center Buildout
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 20
Meta Launches $115 Million AI Trade Academy, Promising Jobs for Data Center Buildout
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 20
Summary
$115 million will fund Meta's first-year America's Workforce Academy, a new program offering paid training and job offers for skilled trade roles tied to AI data center construction.
The 2026 pilot will run in Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana and Texas, targeting veterans, recent graduates and career changers for jobs such as fiber technicians, electricians, welders, plumbers and mechanics.
Meta says the push addresses a fast-growing labor need as AI infrastructure expands; its earlier Level-Up fiber program drew 35,000 applications in seven days.
The jobs push also lands as data centers face rising local scrutiny over electricity demand, water use, noise, traffic and whether communities benefit enough from large tech projects.