Meta builds its AI data center worker pipeline - Axios

✓What's documented Meta's $115 million investment in America's Workforce Academy with guaranteed job placement at four pilot sites.

Meta is investing $115 million in America's Workforce Academy, a no-cost skilled-trades training program that guarantees graduates a job, to staff its AI data center buildout. The fully funded four-to-five-week bootcamp covers tuition, airfare, lodging, and a daily stipend, with contractor partners hiring graduates onto Meta construction sites. Pilot locations are Baton Rouge, Columbus, Houston, and Indianapolis.

• $115 million first-year investment in America's Workforce Academy
• No-cost four-to-five-week bootcamp with guaranteed job offers
• Pilot cities: Baton Rouge, Columbus, Houston, and Indianapolis
• Partners include the National Urban League, ABC, and CBRE
• Meta's related LevelUp program drew 35,000 applications in its first week for 1,000 spots