Thousands Hired to Dig Trenches for Internet Cables Amid Data Center Boom The data center industry's relentless pursuit of speed and efficiency has led to a peculiar development: thousands of people are being hired to dig trenches for internet cables.
This trend is a symptom of a larger issue our addiction to digital connectivity is driving us to compromise on the infrastructure that supports it.
The massive growth of data centers in the US has created an unprecedented demand for high speed internet connections. Companies are responding by hiring human labor to lay fiber optic cables across the country.