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What we’re seeing in the electrical labor market, from the people staffing data center and industrial work.
Data Center Electrician Crew Cost: A 2026 Buyer's Benchmark for Wages, Per Diem, and Staffing Markups
US private data-center construction hit $41 billion in 2025, up 32% year over year and 344% above the 2020 level (US Census Bureau…
July 16, 2026 · 12 min read
One Job Site in Louisiana Needs Ten New Power Plants
Between Rayville and Delhi, Louisiana, there's a stretch of farmland worked for generations, in a parish of 500-plus farms growing…
July 15, 2026 · 4 min read
The Crew Behind the Icon: How Big a Skilled-Trades Army It Would Take to Build America’s Landmarks Today
It took fewer than 100 people to raise the 630-foot Gateway Arch, a crew smaller than the staff of one large restaurant. It took 3,439 to…
July 6, 2026 · 24 min read
How Much Do Data Center Electricians Make? 2026 Pay Guide
The official median is $63,190. Data center crews are clearing far more. Here’s the math, market by market.
July 4, 2026 · 12 min read
How to Staff a Data Center Project: A Contractor’s Guide
How many workers a data center takes, what they cost, and how to get them to site.
July 4, 2026 · 12 min read
Traveling Electricians: Pay, Per Diem, and How Travel Crews Work
Travel work is wage arbitrage. Here are the 2026 numbers.
July 4, 2026 · 12 min read
Why Union Labor Is Struggling to Meet Data Center Demand
Half of all data center projects are delayed. Here’s why.
March 16, 2026 · 12 min read
The Dire Electrician Shortage Threatening the 2026 AI Data Center Boom
300,000+ electricians needed. 20,000 retiring per year. Oracle pushing deadlines. Microsoft calling it the #1 problem.
March 14, 2026 · 9 min read
Oil and Gas Veterans Take Over Data Center Commissioning
Mechanical superintendents, electrical superintendents, and commissioning engineers from oil and gas and nuclear are flooding into data center construction.
March 14, 2026 · 8 min read
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