Google to help 25,000 veterans and military families build skilled trades careers

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The company will fund three veteran organizations to provide pre-apprenticeships, career coaching and job placements for veterans, service members and military spouses. The announcement was written by Google’s Ohio and Indiana data center operations lead, a 21-year Navy veteran.

Google is turning to veterans and military families to help address one of the physical constraints behind the AI infrastructure boom: a shortage of skilled trade workers needed to build, power, cool, and maintain data centers.

Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, announced a national initiative on Sept. 24 to help 25,000 veterans, transitioning service members, and military family members build careers in the skilled trades. The program will be delivered…