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Google Funding Electrician Training As AI Power Crunch Intensifies
Wednesday April 30, 2025. 11:40 PM , from Slashdot
![]() Google's funding, which includes a $10 million grant for electrical worker nonprofits, is the latest in a series of recent moves by giant technology companies to alleviate power project backlogs and electricity shortfalls across the United States. The Google grant will be used for electrician apprenticeship programs and the training of existing workforce through organizations, including the Electrical Training Alliance, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association. It could increase the pipeline of electrical workers by 70% by the end of the decade, the company said. 'This initiative with Google and our partners at NECA and the Electrical Training Alliance will bring more than 100,000 sorely needed electricians into the trade to meet the demands of an AI-driven surge in data centers and power generation,' said Kenneth Cooper, international president of the IBEW labor union. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/30/2112233/google-funding-electrician-training-as-ai-power-cru...
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