By BisNow
A scarcity of skilled workers needed to build and operate data centers has emerged as one of the most significant constraints limiting the data center industry’s growth.
Labor availability is now a primary consideration when it comes to data center site selection, and few markets are experiencing this personnel pinch as sharply as Phoenix, industry leaders said earlier this month at Bisnow’s DICE Southwest event held at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas.
The Phoenix market’s short supply of qualified construction and operations professionals capable of working on data centers has been driven by the industry’s rapid expansion in the region, and it has been exacerbated by the simultaneous increase of other high-tech development in the area competing for the same workers.
