{"id":180302,"date":"2026-01-21T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/six-figure-plumbing-and-construction-jobs-are-coming-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-says-as-ai-data-centers-need-to-be-built\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:20:10","slug":"six-figure-plumbing-and-construction-jobs-are-coming-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-says-as-ai-data-centers-need-to-be-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/six-figure-plumbing-and-construction-jobs-are-coming-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-says-as-ai-data-centers-need-to-be-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-figure plumbing and construction jobs are coming, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says\u2014as AI data centers need to be built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/01\/21\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-skilled-trade-job-boom-ai-construction-six-figure-salaries-plumbing-construction-electricans\/\">Six-figure plumbing and construction jobs are coming, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says\u2014as AI data centers need to be built<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/01\/21\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-skilled-trade-job-boom-ai-construction-six-figure-salaries-plumbing-construction-electricans\/\">https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/01\/21\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-skilled-trade-job-boom-ai-construction-six-figure-salaries-plumbing-construction-electricans\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-21 11:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"fortune.com\">fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The job market for Gen Z graduates is challenging due to factors like tariffs, economic uncertainty, and AI, but Nvidia\u2019s CEO Jensen Huang predicts a rise in lucrative, hands-on jobs.<\/li>\n<li>Huang envisions the upcoming $7 trillion global investment in data centers leading to what he terms the &#8220;largest infrastructure buildout in human history,&#8221; 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