Google invests $50M to train 300,000 workers as skilled trades shortage threatens AI expansion
Google.org is committing $50 million to train over 300,000 skilled-trade workers across 20 US states, addressing a critical labor shortage that threatens the AI boom. With 2.1 million trades jobs projected unfilled by 2030, the tech giant joins Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI in funding electricians, welders, and pipefitters needed to build AI data centers.