Prior to the pandemic, “people weren’t really talking about going to trade school, vocational schools, stuff like that. Hiring electricians, carpenters and blue-collar trade workers by the thousands to build their massive AI supercomputer sites with hundreds of millions in training funds. As a result, young Black workers are offered a chance to build generational wealth from the ground up. The AI-boom is a “once-in-a-generation data center gold rush,” according to Marty Schager, Aerotek’s director of data center market development. Prior to the pandemic, “people weren’t really talking about going to trade school, vocational schools, stuff like that.