“ While our industry is growing at a breakneck pace , the industry is also working in partnership with the education sector to meet that need , and those efforts are quickly accelerating .”

Microsoft Data Center Academies Preparing IT Techs Author : Jeff Omelchuck , Executive Director at Infrastructure Masons Microsoft strives to be a good neighbour in the communities where they site data centres . That ’ s the charter of the company ’ s Datacenter Community Development ( DCCD ) initiative . One of the “ pillars '' of the initiative is workforce development , with the purpose of delivering digital skills training to help community members take advantage of employment opportunities in the IT sector , including work at hyperscale data centres .