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Meta Launches ‘Workforce Academy’ to Train Workers to Build Data Centers

Forget about learning to code. Meta says it’s time to pick up a wrench.

The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train Americans to build its data centers as skilled trade workers become a sought-after commodity. The five-week training program, in partnership with CBRE and the Associated Builders and Contractors, is free of charge and guarantees graduates a job at a Meta data-center construction site, the company said. 

Read more in the Wall Street Journal here.

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