AI boom to create blue-collar job surge, says Blackstone's Jon Gray
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 4
AI boom to create blue-collar job surge, says Blackstone's Jon Gray
6 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 4
Gray said Blackstone-backed data-centre operator QTS will have 40,000 workers on US job sites by year-end, up from 10,000 a year earlier.
He said asset managers including Blackstone are spending billions on data centres and related infrastructure to meet rising artificial intelligence demand.
The comments highlight how AI investment may expand construction and other manual work, alongside the technology sector jobs usually associated with the boom.
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