The United States needs more electricity – and more electricity

There is no denial, US needs More electricity. Artificial intelligence, electric cars, advanced manufacturing, and the growing population requires this. As a major participant in the technology industry, we must know – our business depends on it.

In microsoftWe have released the headlines last year when we announced a partnership to purchase future electricity from part of part of the nuclear power plant that will be recommended soon on Three Mile Island.

This part of the factory, which is fortunately not an accident, is an important purchase – enough to run 500,000 homes. However, it is a small part of the future energy needs of the technology sector.

However, there is an important part of this story that does not receive the attention it deserves.

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While I was preparing to hold a White House meeting last fall on the country’s electricity needs, I met the leaders in Microsoft who are Building our Amnesty International Infrastructure Throughout the country. During our discussion, I asked them to determine the largest single challenge to expand the data center in the United States.

I expected to mention the slow permit, and the delay in bringing more online energy restrictions or supply chain – all important challenges.

Instead, they highlighted the national deficiency of people. Electricians, to be accurate.

In many ways, this is not surprising. If you visit a building site for one of our large data centers, one of the most striking aspects of the electricity is the large number of electricity at work. It is necessary to build a data center, and to install a huge system – and is widely complex – of electric panels, transformers and backup systems such as generators and battery storage.

In states like Wisconsin, WashingtonVirginia, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, Wyoming and Arizona, where Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in infrastructure, and we rented many thousands of electricity. But this is not enough.

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Due to the lack of local employment, we use some electricity who travel 75 miles or even temporarily transition from all over the country to fill these critical roles.

This prompted us to study what has become an urgent national need. How many new electricians should the United States recruit and train over the next decade?

The best guess for us?

Maybe half a million.

the Work Statistics Office You can currently there are 780,000 active electricity in the United States, with 80,000 other jobs opened.

In addition, the National Association of Electric Contractors stated that the average age of electricity is more than 40 years old. Nearly 30 % of the union electricians are between 50 and 70 years old. It is reasonable to assume that currently 20,000 electricians will retire every year, and this means losing 200,000 over the next decade.

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In addition, we appreciate that the demand for more electricity will require the country every year to add an additional 30,000 electrician to the national total. Or another 300,000 in the next decade, in addition to 200,000 retirees who will need to be replaced.

The good news is that these are good jobs.

Bad news is that we do not have a national strategy to employ and train people to fill these jobs.

Given Trump administration’s commitment To support American workers, American jobs and American innovation, we believe that the employment and training of more electricity should rise to the list of priorities. There are several ways to address this issue, and they deserve to look.

For example, we need to do more as a nation to stimulate artificial arts and stores in American high schools. When I was a student at Appleton West in Wisconsin in the 1970s, these chapters were abundant and popular. But throughout the country, they began to decline in the nineties, and today they just started seeing the recovery they deserve.

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This should be a priority for local school councils, state rulers and appropriate federal support.

Post -secondary opportunities are decisive as well. This includes community colleges in the country and vocational training programs. The Trump administration should consider making the current federal education, training boxes and tax incentives available to increase these opportunities.

We also need to predict better. This will require more official partnerships between work and organized employment, so we all understand the expected workforce needs.

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We must also build a wide perspective around a place New technology Take us. The technology sector often focuses on computer science and data – people who symbolize. However, the future will also be built in critical ways by a new generation of engineers, electricians, plobitters, iron workers, carpets and other engineers.

This is all a good -feasible American task that will help build a more prosperous future.

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