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Union electricians welcome data center boom

NPR | By Andrea Hsu

Published September 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM CDT

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The boom in data centers has brought plenty of work and lots of overtime to union electricians, putting them at odds with many communities trying to block new data center construction.

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Andrea Hsu

Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.

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