Hyperscale Data Center

A hyperscale data center is a large-scale computing facility, often exceeding 100,000 square feet with power demands in the hundreds of megawatts, requiring thousands of skilled trades workers during construction. Industry estimates put the skilled-trades shortfall at 340,000 to nearly 500,000 unfilled construction workers nationally.

The bigger threat to a build's timeline often isn't the labor market at all, it's the community around it. A 100-megawatt phase that comes online late loses an estimated $15 to $24 million a month, and a full gigawatt campus can lose that same amount in a matter of days, with losses running $150 million or more per month of delay. Delay this expensive is rarely caused by weather or supply chains; it's usually caused by a community that digs in to slow the project down.