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You Scrolled Past It Because It Said Data Center
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You Scrolled Past It Because It Said Data Center

Thirty seconds, maybe less. The posting came up, paid more than you make now, and you closed the tab because you're not an IT guy. Except a data center is a substation, a set of generators, a chiller plant, a building management system, and a commissioning program, with some racks in the middle. The computing is the tenant. Operators know this, which is why they're recruiting out of oil and gas, utilities, mining, manufacturing, and the military on purpose. Over sixty percent report they can't find qualified people while roughly fifteen percent of applicants meet the minimum bar. The qualified ones aren't applying. Here's why that's you.

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