Meta offers free skilled trades training amid AI infrastructure boom

Meta will shoulder the costs, with its partners to provide candidates with tuition, airfare, lodging, and a daily stipend during training.

“Every graduate will leave with a verified, industry-standard credential in high-demand fields, such as electrical work, mechanical systems, and plumbing,” Meta said on its website.

Graduates are also guaranteed a job after finishing the five-week course, as Meta underscores the US labour market’s need for skilled trade workers, such as fibre technicians, welders, plumbers, and electricians, amid the ongoing AI revolution.

“The AI infrastructure we’re building today requires an incredible workforce to make it a reality,” said Rachel Peterson, Vice President, Data Centers, Meta.

“America’s Workforce Academy is our commitment to building that workforce with the same ambition and long-term thinking we bring to the technology itself. America needs hundreds of thousands of skilled tradespeople – electricians, mechanics, fibre technicians, and more – and this program creates clear, accessible pathways into those careers.”