In the PR battle for data centers, tech giants got a blue-collar ally
MAY 9, 2026
AP A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant Jan. 14, 2025, in Berwick, Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy.
Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scrambling to recruit new apprentices to feed the explosive demand.
They’ve also become an ally of tech giants and tech-friendly government officials, echoing the talking point that the United States is in a critical national security race with China for AI superiority.
https://www.tribtoday.com/...
MAY 9, 2026
AP A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant Jan. 14, 2025, in Berwick, Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy.
Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scrambling to recruit new apprentices to feed the explosive demand.
They’ve also become an ally of tech giants and tech-friendly government officials, echoing the talking point that the United States is in a critical national security race with China for AI superiority.
https://www.tribtoday.com/...
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