Race to build data centers creates opportunities for skilled labor in Texas
News ClipBaltimore Sun·TX·9/15/2026
The rapid growth of data center construction in Texas is driving a significant demand for skilled labor, creating opportunities but also intensifying competition for workers across the construction industry. This data center boom is further exacerbating pre-existing labor shortages, particularly impacting sectors like homebuilding.
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The demand for skilled labor is also creating competition for workers needed in other parts of the construction industry including homebuilding. Housing industry leaders say labor shortages existed before the data center boom, but the rapid…