Amazon said it plans to prepare up to 100,000 learners a year for skilled jobs by the end of 2028 through 25 modular training centers near its data centers, part of a $1 billion-plus, five-year Built Together commitment.
Mayville Engineering Company plans about 140 new jobs and an estimated $26 million investment at an existing plant it has acquired in Thomson, Georgia, aimed at data-center and critical-power customers.
Private data-center construction spending ran at a $75.2 billion annual rate in July, up 57% from a year earlier, while overall construction spending fell. Nonresidential specialty trade contractors added about 86,000 jobs over the year to August.
An NBER working paper links data-center growth to higher county employment, construction work and payrolls, alongside faster house-price growth, more water use and, later, higher electricity prices.
