This employment boost took three to five years to show up, two researchers found after studying more than two decades of data.
We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth
This employment boost took three to five years to show up, two researchers found after studying more than two decades of data.
We studied 1,500-plus data centers over 23 years and found they created almost no new jobs in local stores or restaurants — it was somewhere else | Fortune
Data centers themselves directly create a few dozen jobs each, then about 1,000 in the local economy after a delay of several years.
Data occupations with rapid employment growth, projected 2021–31
Data are everywhere. And data could be the focus of your career in one of these fast-growing occupations.
New Research Debunks Data Center Industry Job Claims
Investment Needed to Create One Data Center Job is 100 Times Greater Than Average
US views of how data centers affect the environment, energy costs, jobs and more
A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ impact…
AI Data Centers: Big Tech's Impact on Electric Bills, Water, and More via @ConsumerReports
Massive data centers are gobbling up resources across the United States. The boom has just begun—and you may be paying for it.
People Hate Datacenters, Survey Finds
The data drops as Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for a moratorium on datacenter construction. 'We need to take a deep breath. We need to make sure that AI and robotics work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires.'
AI Data Centres - Platform | The Australian Greens
Labor has rolled out the red carpet for hyperscale AI data centres.
The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of homes
Artificial intelligence infrastructure is being handed priority access to Britain's overwhelmed electricity grid, pushing housing down the list. But as the US shows, there's an alternative: make Big Tech pay for the power it needs. Report by Nicole Kobie
Avoiding Digital Productivity Traps - Cal Newport
Last week in this newsletter, I summarized some interesting results from a study that analyzed the behavior of 164,000 knowledge workers. It found that introducing ... Read more
With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.
The backlash against data centers is difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it.
US data centers’ energy use amid the artificial intelligence boom
Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
An AI job boom? Here’s what the tedious, temporary work in data labelling is actually like
Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.
An AI job boom? Here’s what the tedious, temporary work in data labelling is actually like
Interviews with data workers in China and Australia reveal the precarious, exploitative conditions of this new branch of the gig economy.
2025 Global Data Center Outlook
The data center sector will continue to grow at a phenomenal pace in 2025.
2026 State of the Workplace
Get the latest insights from state of the workplace report spanning more than 443 million hours of work activity across 1,111 organizations and 163,638 employees over three years.
