Meta launches $115 million workforce academy for data center jobs
Key takeaways
- Graduates are guaranteed employment at a Meta data center construction site, and participation costs nothing.
- Participants who complete an online application receive scholarships, travel, housing, and living expense stipends, the company said.
- According to Reuters, graduates who receive job offers will be hired as full-time employees by general contractors involved in building out Meta's data center network.
Meta launches $115 million workforce academy for data center jobs a Meta logo on top of a glassy building · Quartz · Photo by Laurent Hou/Hans Lucas /AFP via Getty Images Cris Tolomia Tue, June 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM GMT+7 2 min read Meta is launching America's Workforce Academy, a $115 million program to train skilled trade workers for data center construction jobs, the company said. Graduates are guaranteed employment at a Meta data center construction site, and participation costs nothing.
Participants who complete an online application receive scholarships, travel, housing, and living expense stipends, the company said. Training covers career readiness, safety, core skills, and hands-on craft instruction. The program will pilot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; and Houston.
According to Reuters, graduates who receive job offers will be hired as full-time employees by general contractors involved in building out Meta's data center network. The company has not disclosed the number of openings or the identities of the contracting firms. Program partner Associated Builders and Contractors, a construction industry trade group, has said it anticipates the initiative will put thousands of people through training.