Silicon Valley’s AI Dreams Face a Blue-Collar Reality

Most discussions about artificial intelligence focus on chips, data centers, power plants, and electricity demand. Those are all important. But another bottleneck is beginning to emerge, and it may prove to be an underappreciated challenge. The AI boom needs electricians.

It also needs line workers, substation technicians, grid engineers, mechanical contractors, welders, construction crews, and commissioning specialists. These are not jobs that can be filled instantly with a software update or a new financing round.