For over a decade, the data center industry has struggled with the simple fact that there just aren’t enough skilled workers to fill a growing number of jobs.
Today, operators are already challenged to fill existing roles, and the demand for data center infrastructure is only growing. In the U.S. especially, “much of the existing workforce is aging and many professionals expect to retire around the same time,” according to the Uptime Institute’s global industry survey for 2022. If the data center industry doesn’t successfully attract new talent before the previous generation ages out, there’s no telling how much valuable experience and expertise will fall through the generation gap, never to be reclaimed.