Meta invests $115 million in training program for data center technician jobs to support AI infrastructure buildout

Meta is funding America's Workforce Academy, a cost-free training program for data center technician jobs that will end in guaranteed job offers to graduates. The program will provide generalist training for full-time roles with general contractors working on Meta's data center buildout.

The $115 million investment is part of Meta's $600 billion pledge to invest in U.S. infrastructure and jobs over the next three years, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg pursues ambitious plans for AI agent technologies (AI systems that can take action autonomously on users' behalf).

Data centers typically produce short-term construction booms with limited permanent employment. Meta's Texas data center is projected to have more than 1,800 workers onsite at peak construction but create about 100 jobs once operational; another Meta data center in Oklahoma is expected to create more than 1,000 construction jobs at its peak and about 100 operational jobs upon completion.