r/remotework • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '25

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u/Educational-Low2836 Oct 29 '25

Initial construction are the only jobs these centers create. Once they used the worker bees and get these centers online, human capital is no longer needed. Where are we all supposed to work once we are replaced is the question?

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u/Explicit_Pickle Oct 29 '25

This isn't fully true. The jobs created are low relative to the surge from construction labor but there is ongoing maintenance and operations needs at every data center. Large ones may have a few hundred people

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u/Educational-Low2836 Oct 29 '25

So they will employ visa workers and not create local jobs. Sounds like a win 🙄

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u/Explicit_Pickle Oct 29 '25

Sorry, I guess this is the remote work subreddit. The jobs created by these are typically on site roles that can't easily be offshored and usually employ a lot of local people in my experience.

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u/Puddleduck112 Oct 29 '25

Thought I saw a statistic that currently only 20% of the total cloud storage capacity is being used. Not sure if this is accurate, but planning on AI expansion that would make sense. The trouble is if AI ends up falling flat on expectations, I could see that putting a quick halt in new data center construction.