DATA CENTER HIRING · BY METRO As of Oct 24, 2026

Do data centers create jobs? What hiring shows

Open data-center job postings by metro: how many, whether they are for building sites or running them, and which trades they need.

3,932open data-center postings

78employers posting them

31%for construction and commissioning

26%for operations, running sites

What the work is for

Postings by phase of work

Planning & design 13%
Construction 26%
Commissioning 5%
Operations 26%
Other roles 31%

Trades most in demand

Facilities operations28%
Construction leadership26%
Electrical14%
List travel, per diem, relocation or housing34%

By metro

Metros with at least 10 data-center postings, most first. Each has a card image to download and share; 179 smaller metros are on the Markets page.

Metro	Postings	Construction & commissioningBuilding	OperationsRunning	Travel or per diemTravel	Card
Northern Virginia VACard ↓	257	18%	44%	23%	PNG ↓
Dallas–Fort Worth TXCard ↓	206	26%	25%	24%	PNG ↓
Central Ohio OHCard ↓	157	27%	24%	29%	PNG ↓
Atlanta metro GACard ↓	148	39%	28%	38%	PNG ↓
Greater Memphis TN / MS / ARCard ↓	134	26%	33%	42%	PNG ↓
Phoenix metro AZCard ↓	118	24%	36%	29%	PNG ↓
Upstate South Carolina SCCard ↓	113	17%	7%	34%	PNG ↓
Denver metro COCard ↓	90	31%	9%	31%	PNG ↓
Nashville region TNCard ↓	84	7%	19%	31%	PNG ↓
Chicago metro ILCard ↓	83	35%	40%	18%	PNG ↓
San Francisco Bay Area CACard ↓	78	28%	19%	31%	PNG ↓
Abilene region TXCard ↓	73	47%	16%	53%	PNG ↓
Boardman–Hermiston ORCard ↓	65	14%	38%	66%	PNG ↓
Childress region TXCard ↓	53	55%	17%	8%	PNG ↓
Austin metro TXCard ↓	48	27%	19%	21%	PNG ↓
Reno–Sparks NVCard ↓	41	32%	37%	61%	PNG ↓
Houston metro TXCard ↓	36	36%	17%	25%	PNG ↓
Delaware, OH Card ↓	32	6%	0%	44%	PNG ↓
Charlotte region NC / SCCard ↓	31	65%	10%	45%	PNG ↓
Kansas City region KS / MOCard ↓	30	23%	23%	20%	PNG ↓
Richmond metro VACard ↓	29	45%	10%	59%	PNG ↓
Sweetwater, TX Card ↓	26	81%	8%	12%	PNG ↓
San Antonio metro TXCard ↓	25	20%	52%	12%	PNG ↓
El Paso–Santa Teresa TX / NMCard ↓	24	58%	0%	54%	PNG ↓
Wasatch Front UTCard ↓	24	33%	50%	29%	PNG ↓
Cedar Rapids IACard ↓	23	52%	17%	30%	PNG ↓
New Florence, MO Card ↓	23	65%	17%	17%	PNG ↓
St. Louis region MOCard ↓	23	57%	22%	17%	PNG ↓
Conesville, OH Card ↓	22	68%	18%	0%	PNG ↓
Canton, MS Card ↓	21	5%	19%	71%	PNG ↓
Portland–Hillsboro OR / WACard ↓	20	0%	70%	15%	PNG ↓
Seattle metro WACard ↓	20	10%	5%	20%	PNG ↓
Ann Arbor / Saline MICard ↓	19	11%	47%	21%	PNG ↓
Lincoln, NE Card ↓	19	26%	47%	16%	PNG ↓
New Carlisle, IN Card ↓	19	11%	63%	84%	PNG ↓
Miami–South Florida FLCard ↓	18	22%	39%	11%	PNG ↓
Pittsburgh region PACard ↓	17	82%	0%	6%	PNG ↓
Milwaukee region WICard ↓	16	25%	0%	50%	PNG ↓
Fargo region NDCard ↓	15	7%	40%	0%	PNG ↓
Las Vegas metro NVCard ↓	15	33%	20%	33%	PNG ↓
Amarillo, TX Card ↓	14	79%	14%	57%	PNG ↓
Frederick, MD Card ↓	14	14%	57%	57%	PNG ↓
Omaha NECard ↓	14	79%	14%	64%	PNG ↓
Pampa, TX Card ↓	14	100%	0%	71%	PNG ↓
Whitney, TX Card ↓	14	0%	64%	14%	PNG ↓
Indianapolis region INCard ↓	13	69%	8%	31%	PNG ↓
New York City NY / NJCard ↓	13	8%	8%	0%	PNG ↓
Livingston, NJ Card ↓	12	17%	8%	50%	PNG ↓
Lubbock, TX Card ↓	12	8%	17%	75%	PNG ↓
Wink, TX Card ↓	12	0%	17%	83%	PNG ↓
Tulsa region OKCard ↓	11	45%	18%	36%	PNG ↓
Cheyenne, WY Card ↓	10	10%	50%	10%	PNG ↓
Hamlet, NC Card ↓	10	0%	40%	70%	PNG ↓
Ironton, OH Card ↓	10	20%	20%	20%	PNG ↓
Lufkin, TX Card ↓	10	100%	0%	30%	PNG ↓
Wichita Falls, TX Card ↓	10	20%	60%	0%	PNG ↓

Cite or share these figures

AI Factory Trades, “Data center hiring by metro,” as of October 24, 2026, https://aifactorytrades.com/data-center-hiring.

Open postings on employers’ own career sites; chip-fab jobs are counted separately. Cards may be reused with credit to AI Factory Trades.