德克萨斯州红橡树-在德克萨斯州一个庞大的数据中心园区内，闪烁的塔灯和一排排整齐排列的电缆为美国人每天使用的技术提供动力。然而，保持这一切的运转需要一大批电工、机械师、技术人员和建筑工人，而该行业表示，它需要更多的人。
Red Oak, Texas — Inside a sprawling Texas data center campus, blinking tower lights and rows of neatly organized cables power the technology Americans use every day. Keeping it all running, however, takes an army of electricians, mechanics, technicians and construction workers — and the industry says it needs more of them.
“不幸的是，前一段时间发生了一场针对蓝领工作的战争，每个人都必须获得四年制学位。我很高兴这一切都结束了，”指南针数据中心首席执行官克里斯克罗斯比告诉福克斯新闻数字，同时让人们一瞥背后的基础设施，权力的数字世界。
"Unfortunately, there was a war on blue-collar jobs a while back and everybody had to get a four-year degree. I’m so glad that’s over with," Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby told Fox News Digital while giving a glimpse behind the scenes of the infrastructure that powers the digital world.
克罗斯比说：“我厌倦了认为这不会创造就业机会的精英主义。”他认为蓝领职业应该受到认真对待。他指着Compass红橡树园区的工人和建造园区的建筑工人。
"I am tired of the elitism that this doesn't create jobs," Crosby said, arguing that blue-collar careers deserve to be taken seriously. He pointed to the workers at Compass’s Red Oak campus and the construction crews who built it.
他说：“你把这句话告诉在这个校园里工作的900名员工，你把这句话告诉在这里工作了五年多的数千名建筑工人。”
"You tell that to the 900 people who work here on this campus and you tell that to the thousands of construction workers who have worked here for five years plus," he said.
南方的一个州刚刚登上了世界上发展最快的企业之一的榜首Compass于2019年开始开发位于达拉斯以南约20英里处的红橡树校区。
A SOUTHERN STATE JUST TOOK THE TOP SPOT IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S FASTEST-GROWING INDUSTRIES Compass began developing its Red Oak campus, about 20 miles south of Dallas, in 2019.
该网站现在包括10个数据中心建筑，总面积约260万平方英尺，施耐德电气制造工厂和技术学院培训计划。克罗斯比说，有600多人在校园里全职工作，施耐德电气大约有300多人。克罗斯比说，这项工程还需要一系列熟练的工匠。
The site now includes 10 data center buildings totaling about 2.6 million square feet, a Schneider Electric manufacturing facility and a technical college training program. Crosby said more than 600 people work full time at the campus, with roughly 300 more at Schneider Electric. The construction also requires a range of skilled tradespeople, Crosby said.
“当我们看到这种类型的机会时，电工的数量、机械承包商的数量、建筑商、木匠、焊工、混凝土工人的数量，这真是太棒了。我们无法吸引足够多的人进入这个职业。“生活在美国技术前沿的邻居内部，需求还超出了建筑工地，延伸到生产数据中心组件的工厂。克罗斯比表示，Compass及其合作伙伴已在全国范围内创造了7，000多个永久工厂就业岗位。
"When we look at that type of opportunity, the amount of electricians, the amount of mechanical contractors, the number of builders, the carpenters, the welders, the concrete folk, it’s awesome. We can’t get enough people into this career." INSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING ON THE EDGE OF AMERICA’S TECH FRONTIER The demand also reaches beyond construction sites to factories producing data center components.
为了帮助满足行业对工人的需求，Compass与德克萨斯州立技术学院合作，在其红橡树校区建造了一个价值1260万美元的培训设施。该公司创建了MEI Pathways计划-机械，电气和IT Pathways的缩写-为这些职业做好准备。
Compass and its partners, Crosby said, have created more than 7,000 permanent factory jobs nationwide. To help meet the industry’s demand for workers, Compass partnered with Texas State Technical College to build a $12.6 million training facility at its Red Oak campus. The company created its MEI Pathways program—short for Mechanical, Electrical and IT Pathways—to prepare people for those careers.
“最大的挑战是我如何迈出第一步？”Crosby说。“这就是MEI Pathways的目的。克罗斯比说：“该项目对任何对该领域感兴趣的人开放，不需要事先取得资格。它旨在为更广泛的行业培训工人，而不仅仅是Compass。
"The big challenge is how do I get the first step?" Crosby said. "That’s what MEI Pathways is designed to do." The program is open to anyone interested in the field and does not require prior qualifications, Crosby said. It is designed to train workers for the broader industry, not just for Compass.
克罗斯比说，随着数据中心的扩张，建立这样的劳动力将变得越来越重要，并认为这些设施可以为它们所在的社区带来就业机会和税收。
Crosby said building that workforce will be increasingly important as data centers expand and argued that the facilities can bring jobs and tax revenue to the communities where they are built.
“数据中心是经济引擎的前进方向，”他说。“你谈论的是大量的就业机会、经济活动和税收增长。"
"Data centers are where the economic engine is going to be going forward," he said. "You’re talking about massive amounts of jobs, economic activity and tax revenue growth."