Compass Datacenters Builds $12.6 Million Training Hub With Texas State Technical College
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 5
Compass Datacenters Builds $12.6 Million Training Hub With Texas State Technical College
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 5
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$12.6 million will fund a new training facility at Compass Datacenters’ Red Oak campus, built with Texas State Technical College to prepare workers for mechanical, electrical and IT data-center jobs.
Compass says the program answers a labor shortage as data-center growth drives demand for electricians, mechanics, technicians and construction trades that the company says it cannot fill fast enough.
Red Oak illustrates that scale: the campus has 10 data-center buildings spanning 2.6 million square feet, employs more than 600 Compass staff and about 300 Schneider Electric workers, and has supported thousands of construction jobs.
MEI Pathways is open without prior qualifications and is meant to feed the broader industry, which Compass says has already helped create more than 7,000 permanent factory jobs nationwide through partners.
Compass argues the workforce push will matter more as data centers expand, with campuses bringing jobs, tax revenue and wider economic activity to host communities.