AI is a popular at present. Many people are worried that AI will replace human work, but AI will also create a lot of demand. Some traditional professions may benefit. Professions such as civil engineering, construction, and plumbers have been selected by NVIDIA as urgent needs.

This is related to AI data centers. In the past two years, major technology companies have been investing in large-scale AI infrastructure. Google, Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI have invested hundreds of billions of dollars. Although most of them are used to purchase graphics cards, AI data centers also require a large number of workers.

NVIDIA founder and CEO Huang Renxun pointed out in an interview recently that this will require hundreds of thousands of people to build these AI factories, and professional skilled talents such as electricians, plumbers or carpenters are very needed. The demand for these technical talents is still increasing.

A 250,000-square-foot data center requires more than 1,500 workers during construction, many of which earn more than $100,000 (that is, more than $700,000) a year, and these jobs do not require a college degree.

Even if the construction is completed, at least 50 workers are required for subsequent maintenance, and each job will stimulate 3.5 surrounding job opportunities.

Huang Renxun previously revealed in an interview that the next wave of opportunities is at the physical level of technology rather than the software level. He had a statement before, what skills would he learn if he returned to the age of 20? His choice was physical science.

Not only Huang Renxun believes that blue-collar work in the AI ​​era is more important than white-collar work. Many technology giants have expressed similar statements.