New paper on workforce challenges for data centers
As AI adoption and digital infrastructure investments continue to accelerate, the demand for skilled workers is becoming one of the most significant challenges facing the data center industry.
In a new white paper, data center expert Carrie Goetz explores the growing need for electricians, technicians, and other mission-critical professionals to support expanding power and energy storage infrastructure. The paper, Labor Force Demands for the Digital Age, also highlights the role that apprenticeships, workforce development programs, and industry training initiatives can play in helping to close the talent gap.
Drawing on industry research and C&D's own expertise in energy storage training and standards development, the piece outlines why investing in workforce readiness is essential to sustaining the next generation of data center growth.
Access the white paper, Labor Force Demands for the Digital Age by Carrie Goetz >
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.