The AI boom needs electricians.
It also needs line workers, substation technicians, grid engineers, mechanical contractors, welders, construction crews, and commissioning specialists. These are not jobs that can be filled instantly with a software update or a new financing round. They require training, experience, and a steady labor pipeline that the power sector does not currently have in abundance.
That is an important reminder that the AI boom is not only a digital story. It is also very much a physical infrastructure story.
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And it needs the infrastructure built in a way that powers communities. Not just compute.