Meta Backs $115 Million AI Infrastructure Training Push in Houston as Construction Labor Gap Hits 349,000
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
Meta Backs $115 Million AI Infrastructure Training Push in Houston as Construction Labor Gap Hits 349,000
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
Summary
$115 million from Meta is funding America’s Workforce Academy, which will open a Houston construction training program on Nov. 2 for workers building data centers and related AI infrastructure.
The Houston course will run four weeks at a 20,000-square-foot site near the Houston Ship Channel, where graduates earn NCCER credentials and an America’s Workforce Certificate focused on construction skills and safety.
Meta and Associated Builders and Contractors say the expansion targets a U.S. shortage of about 349,000 construction workers as AI-driven demand rises for electricians, plumbers and heavy-equipment operators.
277 students have already graduated from academy programs in Ohio and Indiana, fiber technician classes launched in Indianapolis and Columbus in July, and organizers say the network is on pace to graduate about 300 people a month.