Labor Force Demands for the Digital Age
How to meet the future of a changing data center workforce
The rise of AI has focused on energy demands, but there are also impacts on the workforce. Data center expert and author Carrie Goetz introduces the standards, legislative actions, and technology that will shape data center labor in the coming years.
From training to apprenticeships to program funding, there are resources to help data centers manage—and develop—their changing workforce. This detailed white paper explains the current landscape, how we got here, and where technology is driving data center jobs today and tomorrow.
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In order to bring new power online, build new facilities, and operate them, we need to address workforce shortfalls. According to a 2025 Uptime Institute survey, 2/3 of operators globally struggle to find talent. "
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Author & Data Center Expert Carrie Goetz
Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom, and Amazon best-selling author of Jumpstart Your Career in Data Centers, the Educator’s Reference for Data Center Education, and Polly Packet’s Precious Payload, All Smiles to the Data Center. She personifies over 40 years of global experience designing, running, and auditing, data centers, IT departments, and intelligent buildings.
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Among her accolades
2023 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award AFCOM/Data Center World
2023 BICSI ICT Woman of the Year
2022 and 2023 Top 25 Women in Technology by Mission Critical
30 Top Most Influential Women in Tech 2021 by CIO Outlook
Top 10 Most Influential Women in Technology 2020 by Analytics Insight
Network Computing Inspiration Award finalist 2020
IMason’s IM100
2020 Comptia Women in Leadership Spotlight Finalist
Carrie is a fractional CTO for multiple companies. She is an international keynote speaker, published in 69 countries in over 250 publications. She holds an honorary doctorate in Mission Critical Operations, RCDD/NTS, PSP, CNID, CDCP, CSM-Agile, and AWS CCP and is an Infrastructure Mason with 40+ certifications throughout her career.
She served on the WIMCO national education committee and is a long-time participant in the 7x24 Exchange, AFCOM and Data Center Institute board of advisors, Mission Critical Advisory Board, GoR (Grit over Resume) advisory board, Women in Data Centers, CNet Technical Curriculum Advisory Board, NEDAS Advisory Board, a member of BICSI, Women in BICSI, and an education committee member. A member of Women Leading Technology Sorority. She champions STEM education through outreach projects and her podcast series. She holds two patents.