Discover: Beyond Infrastructure: How Google’s STAR Portfolio is Expanding Local Skilled-Trades Talent & Economic Opportunity
8:30 am - Wednesday 9th September 2026
- Reframing workforce development as part of the capacity deployment strategy by building accessible, local career pathways within data center communities as demand for digital infrastructure accelerates and skilled-trades shortages increasingly shape where and how the industry can deploy capacity
- Designing workforce solutions to maximize access to local talent pipelines through paid, multi-trade training, hands-on learning, and individualized support that reduce the barriers preventing residents from accessing skilled-trades careers
- Deploying data centers responsibly by looking beyond labor gap closure and considering how workforce investment can create transformational economic opportunities for residents and communities alongside infrastructure growth
